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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-21-108333
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210819
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210823
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210823

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Vale S.A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000917851
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL MINING [1000]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15030
		FILM NUMBER:		211195347

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PRAIA DE BOTAFOGO, 186
		CITY:			RIO DE JANEIRO
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			22250-145
		BUSINESS PHONE:		55 21 3485-3900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PRAIA DE BOTAFOGO, 186
		CITY:			RIO DE JANEIRO
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			22250-145

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Companhia Vale do Rio Doce
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20051108

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VALLEY OF THE RIO DOCE CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20020129

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VALLEY OF THE DOCE RIVER CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950602
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Vale and Ternium sign MoU to develop steelmaking decarbonization
solutions</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Rio de Janeiro, August 19<SUP>th</SUP>, 2021
 &ndash; Vale S.A. (&quot;Vale&quot;) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (&quot;MoU&quot;) with Ternium S.A. (&quot;Ternium&quot;)
in which both agreed to pursue opportunities to develop steelmaking solutions focused on reducing CO<SUB>2</SUB> emissions.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Vale and Ternium intend to develop economic feasibility
studies of potential investment in (i) an iron ore briquetting plant located at Ternium Brasil facility; and (ii) plants to produce metallic
products with low carbon footprint, using Tecnored, HYL and other technologies for iron reduction.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">This initiative contributes to achieving Vale&rsquo;s
commitment to reduce 15% of net Scope 3 emissions by 2035. Additionally, Vale seeks to reduce its absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by
33% by 2030 and achieve neutrality by 2050, in line with the Paris Agreement, leading the evolution process towards low carbon mining.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Mr. Eduardo Bartolomeo, Vale&rsquo;s Chief Executive
Officer, and Mr. M&aacute;ximo Vedoya, Ternium&rsquo;s Chief Executive Officer attended the MoU signing ceremony on August 18<SUP>th</SUP>,
2021. As per his speech, Mr. Bartolomeo affirmed &ldquo;This is an important milestone in our roadmap to provide low carbon solutions
to the steel industry and we are glad to engage with Ternium on this journey. We are making progress with our commitment to Society and
to the Paris Agreement&rsquo;s targets, supported by innovative technologies, a high-quality, world-class portfolio of iron ore, critical
to the low-carbon transition. We are well-positioned to lead the path to reduce Scope 3 emissions as we support the decarbonization of
the steelmaking industry through joint initiatives with our clients&rdquo;.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Mr. M&aacute;ximo Vedoya, Ternium&rsquo;s Chief
Executive Officer said: &ldquo;This is an important step in our decarbonization strategy as it contributes to achieving Ternium&rsquo;s
commitment to reduce by 20% its CO2 emission intensity by 2030. Vale is a key supplier in our value chain, and they share our commitment
to preserving the environment. I believe we will have many opportunities to develop joint initiatives to continue decarbonizing our operations
in the future. Carbon neutrality is a goal that can only be achieved if all parts of society work together. As Latin America&rsquo;s
leading flat steel producer, we are going to do our part in this endeavor&rdquo;.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>About iron ore briquetting technology</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Vale has developed for more than 10 years a breakthrough
technology to briquette iron ore products, as sinter feed and pellet feed, in a process that is simpler, flexible, less carbon intensive
and capital intensive and less costly. The briquettes would support the continued adoption of blast furnaces in its transition to a less
carbon intensive process, since it could bypass the sintering process, which represents around 10% of steelmaking emissions, or be used
as direct charge since it could replace lumps and pellets in blast furnaces and direct reduction furnaces.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>About Tecnored </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Tecnored is a 100% Vale subsidiary focused on
developing a low carbon pig iron process through the use of energy sources, such as biomass and syn-gas, that emit less CO<SUB>2</SUB>
than the coal and coke the tradition iron-making processes use. Using biomass, the path to economic carbon neutrality may be achieved
in the medium term.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>About HYL technology</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">HYL is a low carbon iron ore direct-reduction
technology developed by Ternium in Mexico. This technology, which is currently operating at Ternium&rsquo;s facilities in Monterrey and
Puebla, Mexico, has the ability to selectively recover CO<SUB>2</SUB>, thus significantly reducing carbon emissions compared to other
reduction technologies.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>About Ternium</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Ternium is Latin America&rsquo;s leading flat
steel producer, with operating facilities in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, the southern United States and Central America. The
company offers a broad range of high value-added steel products for customers active in the automotive, home appliances, HVAC, construction,
capital goods, container, food and energy industries through its manufacturing facilities, service center and distribution networks,
and advanced customer integration systems.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Luciano Siani Pires</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Executive Officer of Investor Relations</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Ever since the Covid-19 outbreak began, our
highest priority is the health and safety of our employees. Our IR team adopted work-from-home, and as we continue to face these new
circumstances, we strongly recommend you prioritize e-mail and online engagement.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>For further information, please contact:</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">Vale.RI@vale.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">Ivan Fadel: ivan.fadel@vale.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">Andre Werner: andre.werner@vale.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">Mariana Rocha: mariana.rocha@vale.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">Samir Bassil: samir.bassil@vale.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">This press release may include statements that
present Vale&rsquo;s expectations about future events or results. All statements, when based upon expectations about the future, involve
various risks and uncertainties. Vale cannot guarantee that such statements will prove correct. These risks and uncertainties include
factors related to the following: (a) the countries where we operate, especially Brazil and Canada; (b) the global economy; (c) the capital
markets; (d) the mining and metals prices and their dependence on global industrial production, which is cyclical by nature; and (e)
global competition in the markets in which Vale operates. To obtain further information on factors that may lead to results different
from those forecast by Vale, please consult the reports Vale files with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Brazilian
Comiss&atilde;o de Valores Mobili&aacute;rios (CVM) and in particular the factors discussed under &ldquo;Forward-Looking Statements&rdquo;
and &ldquo;Risk Factors&rdquo; in Vale&rsquo;s annual report on Form 20-F.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center">(Registrant)</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black thin solid; width: 47%">/s/ Ivan Fadel</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date: August 19<SUP>th</SUP>, 2021 </FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Head of Investor Relations</FONT></TD></TR>
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