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Acquisitions and divestitures - Vale Moambique (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Other financial items |  | $ 65 |  |
Total recycling from OCI |  | 215 | $ 1,912 | $ 135
Impairment reversal (impairment) of non-current assets gross |  | 1,111 | (211) | (1,083)
Equity results and other results in associates and joint ventures |  | 150 |  | 135
Equity results and other results in associates and joint ventures, Gross |  | (2) | (75) | 161
Equity results and other results in associates and joint ventures |  | 150 |  | 135
Total recycling from OCI |  |  | 2,336 | 135
Impairment reversal (impairment) of non-current assets, Net |  | 522 | (3,493) | (2,018)
Equity results and other results in associates and joint ventures, Net |  |  |  | 161
Midwestern System [Member] |  |  |  |
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Other financial items |  | 37 | 1,912 |
Total recycling from OCI |  | 37 |  |
Impairment reversal (impairment) of non-current assets gross |  | 1,121 | (78) |
Total recycling from OCI |  | 3,287 |  |
California Steel Industries [Member] |  |  |  |
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total recycling from OCI |  | 150 |  |
Equity results and other results in associates and joint ventures |  | 150 |  |
Equity results and other results in associates and joint ventures, Gross |  | 142 |  |
Other financial items, net |  | 3,137 | 2,336 |
Companhia Siderurgica Do Pecem [Member] |  |  |  |
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Equity results and other results in associates and joint ventures, Gross | [1] | (135) |  |
Manganese [Member] |  |  |  |
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Impairment reversal (impairment) of non-current assets gross |  | (10) | (35) | (76)
Other [Member] |  |  |  |
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Other financial items |  | 28 | 9 |
Total recycling from OCI |  | 28 | 9 | 19
Equity results and other results in associates and joint ventures |  |  |  | 19
Equity results and other results in associates and joint ventures, Gross |  | (9) | (75) | (11)
Discontinued operations [member] |  |  |  |
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Other financial items |  | 3,072 | 424 |
Total recycling from OCI |  | 3,072 | 424 |
Impairment reversal (impairment) of non-current assets gross |  | $ (589) | (3,282) | (935)
Vale Nouvelle Caldonie S A S [Member] |  |  |  |
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Other financial items |  |  | 1,132 |
Total recycling from OCI |  |  | 1,132 |
Impairment reversal (impairment) of non-current assets gross |  |  | (98) |
Vale Shipping [Member] |  |  |  |
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Other financial items |  |  | 771 |
Total recycling from OCI |  |  | 771 |
Vale Nouvelle Caledonie S A S [Member] |  |  |  |
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Impairment reversal (impairment) of non-current assets gross |  |  | (882) |
V L I [Member] |  |  |  |
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Equity results and other results in associates and joint ventures, Gross |  |  |  | 172
Biopalma [Member] |  |  |  |
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Impairment reversal (impairment) of non-current assets gross |  |  | $ (125) |
Longyu [Member] |  |  |  |
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total recycling from OCI |  |  |  | 116
Equity results and other results in associates and joint ventures |  |  |  | $ 116
[1] | Includes impairment of the investment in the amount of US$111 and a provision for accounts receivable with CSP in the amount of US$24.

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