IBS announced that the Brazilian production of crude steel in February 2009 was 1.7 million tonnes, representing an increase of 2.3% compared to January. For the production of laminates in February, from 1.1 million tonnes, representing growth of 11% over the previous month. However, in comparison with the same period of 2008, the production of the first two months of 2009, 3.3 million tonnes of crude steel…