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Stockholders' equity (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Stockholders' equity |
Schedule of share capital |
|  | December 31, 2020
|  | Common shares |  | Golden shares |  | Total
Stockholders |  |  |  |  |  |
Shareholders with more than 5% of total capital |  | 1,940,863,859 |  | — |  | 1,940,863,859
Litela |  | 519,733,209 |  | — |  | 519,733,209
Capital World Investors |  | 298,099,389 |  | — |  | 298,099,389
Bradespar |  | 293,907,266 |  | — |  | 293,907,266
Mitsui&co |  | 286,347,055 |  | — |  | 286,347,055
Blackrock, Inc |  | 272,614,219 |  | — |  | 272,614,219
Capital Research Global Investors |  | 270,162,721 |  | — |  | 270,162,721
Non-Brazilian investors |  | 1,887,304,559 |  | — |  | 1,887,304,559
Brazilian investors |  | 1,301,742,524 |  | — |  | 1,301,742,524
Golden shares |  | — |  | 12 |  | 12
Total outstanding (without shares in treasury) |  | 5,129,910,942 |  | 12 |  | 5,129,910,954
Shares in treasury |  | 154,563,828 |  | — |  | 154,563,828
Total capital |  | 5,284,474,770 |  | 12 |  | 5,284,474,782
Schedule of stockholders' remuneration |
|  | 2020
Net income of the year |  | 4,881
Appropriation to legal reserve |  | (251)
Appropriation to tax incentive reserve |  | (2)
Net income after appropriations to legal reserve and tax incentive reserve |  | 4,628
Minimum mandatory remuneration |  | 1,152
Additional Stockholders’ remuneration (i) |  | 2,820
Appropriation to investments reserve |  | 656
(i) Interim dividends calculated based on the September 30, 2020 balance sheet.
Schedule of profit reserves |
|  |  |  | Tax incentive |  | Investments |  | Additional |  | Total of profit
|  | Legal reserve |  | reserve |  | reserve |  | remuneration reserve |  | reserves
Balance as at December 31, 2018 |  | 1,722 |  | 882 |  | 8,364 |  | — |  | 10,968
Allocation of loss |  | — |  | — |  | (1,683) |  | — |  | (1,683)
Dividends and interest on capital of Vale's stockholders |  | — |  | — |  | (1,767) |  | — |  | (1,767)
Translation adjustment |  | (66) |  | (34) |  | (328) |  | — |  | (428)
Balance as at December 31, 2019 |  | 1,656 |  | 848 |  | 4,586 |  | — |  | 7,090
Allocation of income |  | 251 |  | 2 |  | 656 |  | 2,820 |  | 3,729
Dividends and interest on capital of Vale's stockholders |  | — |  | — |  | (2,329) |  | — |  | (2,329)
Translation adjustment |  | (365) |  | (191) |  | (1,059) |  | 167 |  | (1,448)
Balance as at December 31, 2020 |  | 1,542 |  | 659 |  | 1,854 |  | 2,987 |  | 7,042
Schedule of Other reserves |
|  |  |  | Fair value adjustment to |  | Results on |  | Net ownership |  |
|  | Retirement benefit |  | investment in equity |  | conversion of |  | changes in |  | Total of other
|  | obligations |  | securities |  | shares |  | subsidiaries |  | reserves
Balance as at December 31, 2018 |  | (755) |  | 60 |  | (490) |  | (970) |  | (2,155)
Other comprehensive income |  | (126) |  | (184) |  | — |  | — |  | (310)
Translation adjustment |  | 12 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 12
Acquisitions and disposal of noncontrolling interest |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 343 |  | 343
Balance as at December 31, 2019 |  | (869) |  | (124) |  | (490) |  | (627) |  | (2,110)
Other comprehensive income |  | (88) |  | 101 |  | — |  | — |  | 13
Translation adjustment |  | 92 |  | 162 |  | — |  | — |  | 254
Acquisitions and disposal of noncontrolling interest |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | (213) |  | (213)
Balance as at December 31, 2020 |  | (865) |  | 139 |  | (490) |  | (840) |  | (2,056)

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