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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-23-003994
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230930
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230922
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230922

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:		231271382

	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; text-align: center">September 2023</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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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><B>MINUTES OF THE VALE S.A. SHAREHOLDERS&#8217; EXTRAORDINARY
GENERAL MEETING HELD ON THE SEPTEMBER 22, 2023.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">CNPJ: 33.592.510/0001-54</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">NIRE: 33.300.019.766</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-indent: 0cm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><B>01.</B></FONT><B><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">PLACE, DATE AND TIME:</FONT></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify">Pursuant to item I, Paragraph 2 of Article 5 of CVM
Resolution No. 81/2022 (&#8220;Resolution 81&#8221;), the Extraordinary General Meeting (&#8220;Meeting&#8221;) was held exclusively digitally,
via Zoom, on September 22, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., and is deemed to have been held at the Vale S.A.&#8217;s headquarters (&#8220;Vale&#8221;
or &#8220;Company&#8221;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-indent: 0cm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><B>02.</B></FONT><B><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">CHAIR AND SECRETARY:</FONT></B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 5%">Chairman:</TD><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-align: justify">Mr. Luiz Antonio de Sampaio Campos, indicated in accordance with Art. 9, &sect;1 of the Bylaws.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-indent: 0cm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><B>03.</B></FONT><B><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">ATTENDANCE AND QUORUM<I>:</I></FONT></B></P>

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26,85% of the Company&#8217;s share capital, according to the list of shareholders participating via the Zoom digital platform; thus sufficient
quorum was confirmed for the installation of the Meeting. Also present was Mr. Gustavo Duarte Pimenta, Vale&#8217;s Executive Vice President
of Finance and Investor Relations.</P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">DIGITAL PLATFORM REQUIREMENTS: </FONT></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 12pt 0; text-align: justify">The Zoom platform meets the requirements of Art. 28,
&sect;1 of Resolution 81. Prior to the Meeting, the Chair informed the Shareholders of all the necessary procedures for the order of the
Meeting and for the Shareholders to exercising their rights to participate, including that, according to the meeting notice materials
published by the Company, holders of common shares issued by Vale are not able to vote on the only matter on the agenda, considering that
this is a separate election process intended exclusively to the holder of special class preferred shares issued by Vale.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 12pt 0; text-align: justify">Shareholders who participated via Zoom authorized the
Company to use any information contained in the recording of the Meeting for all legal purposes.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Continued Minutes of the Vale S.A. Shareholders&rsquo; Extraordinary
General Meeting held on September 22, 2023.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The Meeting was regularly called through publication of the
Call Notice on September 1, 4 and 5, 2023 in the Valor Econ&ocirc;mico (Rio de Janeiro), pages E3, E2 and E2, respectively, as well as
simultaneous publication on its website, to deliberate on the separate election of 1 (one) member of the Fiscal Council, by the shareholder
holding all the preferred shares of special class (Golden Shares) issued by Vale, to complete the term of office until the Annual Shareholders&#8217;
Meeting to be held in 2024.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Furthermore, all the documents required by Law 6,404/1976
and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil (&#8220;CVM&#8221;) applicable to the only matter on the Agenda, were
made available to the Company&#8217;s shareholders on the Company&#8217;s investor relations website and through the CVM&#8217;s IPE System
upon publication of the Call Notice.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><B>6 - READING OF DOCUMENTS:</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 12pt 0; text-align: justify">The following documents relating to the only matter on
the Agenda were made available: <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><B>(i)</B> the publications of the Call Notice; <B>(ii)</B>
the Manual for Participation in the Meeting and the Management Proposal, including the </FONT>information about the candidate to the Fiscal
Council, in the terms of items 7.3 to 7.6 of the Reference Form (<I>Formul&aacute;rio de Refer&ecirc;ncia</I>)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">.
Therefore, the reading of these already public documents was waived by unanimous decision of the shareholders present. </FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman,serif; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">07 - RESOLUTIONS:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 5.65pt 6pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>7.1.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">It
was approved the election of Mr. </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps"><B>Dario Carnevalli Durigan</B></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">,
Brazilian, married, lawyer, bearer of identity card SSP/SP #291865768, enrolled with General Taxpayers&#8217; Registry under #330.672.408-47,
with commercial address at Esplanada dos Minist&eacute;rios, Bloco P, Sede, 4th floor, in the City of Bras&iacute;lia, DF, as effective
member of the Fiscal Council, by the shareholder holding all the preferred shares of the special class (Golden Shares) issued by Vale,
in accordance with the separate election process carried out in accordance with Article 5, &sect;4 of the Bylaws and Article 161, &sect;4,
&#8220;a&#8221; of Law No. 6,404/1976, without, therefore, any record of abstentions or dissenting votes. The investiture of the elected
member of the Fiscal Council, who will complete the term of office until the Annual Shareholders&#8217; Meeting of 2024, is subject to
the signing of the investiture term, as well as the presentation of the legally required documents. Mr. Dario Durigan will have Mr. Adriano
Pereira de Paula as his alternate, who was elected at the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meetings of 04/28/2023.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 5.65pt 6pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>08 &#8211; TRANSCRIPTION AND PUBLICATION OF
THE MINUTES:</B></P>

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Shareholders who participated via Zoom are considered to have signed these minutes and the Shareholder Attendance Book, and their registration
in the minutes was made by</FONT></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Continued Minutes of the Vale S.A. Shareholders&rsquo; Extraordinary
General Meeting held on September 22, 2023.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">the Chair and Secretary of the
Meeting, all pursuant to Article 47, &sect;1 and &sect;2 of Resolution 81. Under the terms of Article 9, &sect;2 of the Bylaws, these
minutes are drawn up as a summary of the resolutions made and will be published excluding the signatures of the participating Shareholders.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">With no further matters to discuss, the Chair drew the meeting
to a close for the minutes to be drafted, which were duly signed by the Meeting Chair and Secretary, <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">pursuant
to Article 47, &sect;1 and &sect;2 of Resolution 81.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">I certify that the minutes are a faithful copy of the original
drawn up in the proper book.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Rio de Janeiro, September 22, 2023.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Maria Isabel dos Santos Vieira</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Secretary</B></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 STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 3%">By:</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date: September 22, 2023</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0in">Head of Investor Relations</TD></TR>
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