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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-24-002678
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240930
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240708
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240708

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Vale S.A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000917851
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL MINING [1000]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15030
		FILM NUMBER:		241103373

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">July 2024</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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Praia de Botafogo n&ordm; 186, 18&ordm; andar,
Botafogo<BR>
22250-145 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files
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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<P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 16pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; color: #007E7A">Vale clarifies on media articles</P>

<P STYLE="font: 16pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; color: #007E7A"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #555555">Rio de Janeiro, July 8, 2024 - Regarding
the press release published by the Brazilian newspaper O Globo on July 7, 2024<SUP>1</SUP>, Vale S.A. (&ldquo;Vale&rdquo; or &quot;Company&quot;)
clarifies that the Company's potential participation in acquisition, divestment or joint venture operations, or other business opportunities,
is assessed in light of its strategic priorities. In this sense, the Company informs that there is no relevant information to disclose
to the market as a result of this prospecting at the moment. The Company also reiterates that it will continue to keep the market informed
of any material facts regarding such operations.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #555555">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; color: #555555">Gustavo Duarte Pimenta</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; color: #555555">Executive Vice President, Finance and Investor
Relations</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #555555">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 7pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: gray"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: #555555"><B>For further information, please contact:</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: #555555">Vale.RI@vale.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: #555555">Thiago Lofiego: thiago.lofiego@vale.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: #555555">Luciana Oliveti: luciana.oliveti@vale.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: #555555">Mariana Rocha: mariana.rocha@vale.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: #555555">Patricia Tinoco: patricia.tinoco@vale.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: #555555">Pedro Terra: pedro.terra@vale.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: gray">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: gray">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Vale Sans,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.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0"><SUP>1</SUP> <FONT STYLE="color: #595959">With the title &ldquo;Government wing
pressures Vale to buy highly indebted mining company&rdquo;, available </FONT><FONT STYLE="color: #7CADBB">here</FONT> <FONT STYLE="color: #595959">in
Portuguese only.</FONT></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; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Vale S.A.<BR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date: July 8, 2024</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0in"> Director of Investor Relations</TD></TR>
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