Brazil's Usiminas board calls meeting for capital increase -sources

SAO PAULO, March 18 (Reuters) - The board of Brazilian

steelmaker Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais SA

decided on Friday to call a shareholder meeting on April 18 to

discuss a 1 billion-real ($278 million) capital increase

proposed by Japan's Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Corp, two sources

with knowledge of the decision said.

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