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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-22-004870
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20221231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20221219
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20221219

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:		221469773

	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: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">United States</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">FORM 6-K</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Securities Exchange Act of 1934</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">December 2022</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Vale S.A.</P>

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or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)</P>

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Form 20-F <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT> Form 40-F <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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in paper as permitted by Regulation&nbsp;S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(7))</P>

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One) Yes </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">No
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.)</P>

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to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b). 82-&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>.)</P>

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<P STYLE="color: #006666; font: 10pt/115% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Synthetic Map of the remote
voting procedure - EGM of 12/21/2022</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Vale SA (&ldquo;Vale&rdquo; or &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
informs that, pursuant to the CVM Resolution n. 81/2021, it has received the synthetic voting map, related to the consolidation of voting
instructions transmitted by shareholders to their Custody Agents, Central Securities Depository and Bookkeeping Agent, which identifies
the votes for each item on the distance voting ballots (BVDs), including the matters submitted to the deliberation of the Extraordinary
General Meeting (&ldquo;EGM&rdquo;) to be held on December 21<SUP>st</SUP>, 2022.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The information on the synthetic voting map is
available on the attached spreadsheet&sup1;, which presents the votes of 1,303,963,873 shares for the EGM, representing approximately
29% of the Company&rsquo;s voting capital.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The Company clarifies that the synthetic voting
map presented today does not include the votes (i) recorded on distance voting ballots received directly by the Company and (ii) of American
Depositary Receipts&rsquo; holders, represented in the AGM by Citibank, as the depositary bank.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/18pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Rio de Janeiro, December 19<SUP>th</SUP>, 2022.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/18pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Gustavo Duarte Pimenta</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/18pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Executive Officer for Investor Relations&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt/115% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&sup1; On the attached spreadsheet, the &quot;
Abstain&quot; column considers the blank votes, null votes, and abstention.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 7pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: gray"><B>For further information, please contact:</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: gray">Vale.RI@vale.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: gray">Ivan Fadel: ivan.fadel@vale.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: gray">Mariana Rocha: mariana.rocha@vale.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: gray">Samir Bassil: samir.bassil@vale.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: gray"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Luciana
Oliveti: luciana.oliveti@vale.com</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: gray">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: gray">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.&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-right: white 1pt solid; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Approve</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: white 1pt solid; border-right: white 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>1,299,396,741</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: white 1pt solid; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Reject</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: white 1pt solid; border-right: white 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>17,243</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: white 1pt solid; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Abstain</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: white 1pt solid; border-right: white 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>4,549,889</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD ROWSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: white 1pt solid; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; border-left: white 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>3. Changes in the authorities of the Board of Directors and the Executive Board </B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: white 1pt solid; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Approve</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: white 1pt solid; border-right: white 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>1,299,393,841</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: white 1pt solid; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Reject</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: white 1pt solid; border-right: white 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>0</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Vale S.A.<BR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date: December 19, 2022</TD>
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