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Cash flows reconciliation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
Cash Flows Reconciliation |
Cash flow from operating activities |
Cash flow from operating activities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | Year ended December 31,
|  | Notes |  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Cash flow from operating activities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income before income taxes |  |  |  | 19,781 |  | 29,541 |  | 6,990
Adjusted for: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity results and other results in associates and joint ventures |  | 15 and 25 |  | (305) |  | 1,271 |  | 1,020
Impairment and disposals (impairment reversal) of non-current assets, net |  | 19 |  | (773) |  | 426 |  | 1,308
Provisions related to Brumadinho |  | 24 |  | 400 |  | 201 |  | 4,130
Provision for de-characterization of dams |  | 26 |  | 72 |  | 1,725 |  | 617
Depreciation, depletion and amortization |  |  |  | 3,171 |  | 3,034 |  | 3,215
Financial results, net |  | 6 |  | (2,268) |  | (3,119) |  | 4,813
Changes in assets and liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable |  | 11 |  | (325) |  | 1,029 |  | (2,544)
Inventories |  | 12 |  | 45 |  | (503) |  | (183)
Suppliers and contractors |  | 13 |  | 495 |  | 251 |  | (222)
Other assets and liabilities, net |  |  |  | (1,531) |  | (442) |  | (250)
Cash flow from operations |  |  |  | 18,762 |  | 33,414 |  | 18,894
Cash flow from investing activities |
Cash flow from investing activities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | Year ended December 31,
|  | Notes |  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Disbursement related to VNC sale |  | 16(f) |  | - |  | (555) |  | -
Proceeds from sale of CSI |  | 16(c) |  | 437 |  | - |  | -
Proceeds from sale of Midwestern System, net of cash |  | 16(b) |  | 140 |  | - |  | -
Proceeds from disposal of Mosaic shares |  | 16(l) |  | - |  | 1,259 |  | -
Proceeds from sale of Vale Florestar |  | - |  | 9 |  | 10 |  | 10
Proceeds from disposal of VLI shares |  | 16(h) |  | - |  | - |  | 241
Proceeds from sale of Longyu |  | 16(j) |  | - |  | - |  | 156
Proceeds from disposal of investments, net |  |  |  | 586 |  | 714 |  | 407
Reconciliation of debt to cash flows |
Reconciliation of debt to cash flows |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Quoted in the secondary market |  | Debt contracts in Brazil |  | Debt contracts on the international market |  | Total
December 31, 2020 |  | 9,046 |  | 959 |  | 3,355 |  | 1,336
Additions |  | - |  |  |  | 930 |  | 930
Payments (i) |  | (922) |  | (373) |  | (632) |  | (1,927)
Interest paid (ii) |  | (501) |  | (117) |  | (75) |  | (693)
Cash flow from financing activities |  | (1,423) |  | (490) |  | 223 |  | (1,690)
Effect of exchange rate |  | (118) |  | (199) |  | 177 |  | (140)
Interest accretion |  | 469 |  | 110 |  | 71 |  | 650
Non-cash changes |  | 351 |  | (89) |  | 248 |  | 510
December 31, 2021 |  | 7,974 |  | 380 |  | 3,826 |  | 12,180
Additions |  | - |  | - |  | 1,275 |  | 1,275
Payments (i) |  | (1,441) |  | (220) |  | (639) |  | (2,300)
Interest paid (ii) |  | (650) |  | (45) |  | (90) |  | (785)
Cash flow from financing activities |  | (2,091) |  | (265) |  | 546 |  | (1,810)
Effect of exchange rate |  | 126 |  | 7 |  | (55) |  | 78
Interest accretion |  | 488 |  | 158 |  | 87 |  | 733
Non-cash changes |  | 614 |  | 165 |  | 32 |  | 811
December 31, 2022 |  | 6,497 |  | 280 |  | 4,404 |  | 11,181
| (i) | Includes bond premium repurchase.
| (ii) | Classified as operating activities in the statement of cash flows.
Non-cash transactions |
Non-cash transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | Year ended December 31,
|  |  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Non-cash transactions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Additions to property, plant and equipment - capitalized loans and borrowing costs |  |  | 47 |  | 59 |  | 70

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