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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-24-002705
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240930
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240710
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240710

FILER:

	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:		241110609

	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: 15pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; color: #007E7A"><B>Vale announces pricing of cash tender offers for notes due 2036 and 2039</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #555555">Rio de Janeiro, July 10, 2024 &ndash; Vale
Overseas Limited (&ldquo;Vale Overseas&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Offeror&rdquo;), a wholly owned subsidiary of Vale S.A. (&ldquo;Vale&rdquo;),
further to the press releases issued on June 25, 2024 and July 9, 2024, announces the Total Consideration (as defined below) payable in
connection with the previously announced offers to purchase for cash (the &ldquo;Offers&rdquo;) up to a maximum aggregate principal amount
of Notes (as defined below) validly tendered in the Offers not to exceed US$500,000,000, excluding any premium and any accrued and unpaid
interest (the &ldquo;Maximum Principal Amount&rdquo;) of the outstanding notes issued by Vale Overseas of the series of notes as set forth
in the table below (the &ldquo;Notes&rdquo;), validly tendered and accepted for purchase. The Offers are being made upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the offer to purchase dated June 25, 2024 (the &ldquo;Offer to Purchase&rdquo;).</P>

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    Security</B></P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; color: #555555; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>CUSIP /<BR>
    ISIN Nos</B></P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; color: #555555; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>Principal
    Amount Outstanding</B></P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; color: #555555; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>Acceptance
    Priority Level</B></P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="color: #555555; font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>Reference
    U.S. Treasury Security<SUP>(1)</SUP></B></P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; color: #555555; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>Fixed Spread<SUP>(2)</SUP></B></P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; color: #555555; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>Repurchase
    Yield<SUP>(3)</SUP></B></P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; color: #555555; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>Total Consideration
    <SUP>(4)(5)</SUP></B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: -5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #555555">6.875% Guaranteed Notes due 2036</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: -5.5pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #555555">91911TAH6 / US91911TAH68</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: -3.75pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #555555">US$1,334,866,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: -5.3pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #555555">1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: -5.45pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #555555">4.375% due May 15, 2034</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #555555">+169&nbsp;bps</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: -5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #555555">5.990%</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: -5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #555555">US$1,076.41</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: -5.5pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #555555">91911TAK9 / US91911TAK97</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: -5.3pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #555555">2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: -5.45pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #555555">4.375% due May 15, 2034</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: -5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #555555">US$1,076.36</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><SUP>(1)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Dealer Managers (as defined below) quoted the bid-side price of the Reference U.S. Treasury Security
set forth in the table above from Bloomberg Bond Trader FIT1.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><SUP>(2)</SUP></TD><TD>Inclusive of Early Tender Payment (as defined below).</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><SUP>(3)</SUP></TD><TD>The &ldquo;Repurchase Yield&rdquo; is equal to the Reference Yield (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) <I>plus</I> the Fixed Spread.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><SUP>(4)</SUP></TD><TD>Per US$1,000 principal amount.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><SUP>(5)</SUP></TD><TD>The Total Consideration for Notes validly tendered prior to or at the Early Tender Date (as defined below) and accepted for purchase
is inclusive of an early tender payment of US$50.00 per US$1,000 principal amount of Notes accepted for purchase (the &ldquo;Early Tender
Payment&rdquo;) and calculated using the applicable Fixed Spread for the applicable series of Notes to the yield of the Reference U.S.
Treasury Security for that series as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on July 10, 2024. All holders of Notes accepted for purchase will
also receive accrued and unpaid interest on Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase from and including the applicable last interest
payment date up to, but not including, the applicable settlement date.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #555555">Holders that validly tendered and did not validly
withdraw their Notes in the Offers at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 9, 2024 (the &ldquo;Early Tender Date&rdquo;),
and whose Notes have been accepted for purchase will be entitled to receive the total consideration as set forth in the table above per
US$1,000 principal amount of Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn and accepted for purchase (the&nbsp;&ldquo;Total Consideration&rdquo;),
which includes the Early Tender Payment of US$50.00 per US$1,000 principal amount of Notes accepted for purchase. In addition, holders
whose Notes have been accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offers will also receive accrued and unpaid interest (&ldquo;Accrued Interest&rdquo;)
on their accepted Notes from the last interest payment date to, but not including, the Early Settlement Date (as defined below).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #555555">The applicable Total Consideration payable
per US$1,000 principal amount of Notes tendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offers was determined by the Dealer Managers
in the manner described in the Offer to Purchase by reference to the applicable fixed spread for each series of Notes (as set forth in
the table above) <I>plus</I> the applicable yield-to-maturity based on the bid-side price of the applicable Reference U.S. Treasury Security
for that series of Notes (as set forth in the table above) as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on July 10, 2024.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #555555">As previously announced, because the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Offers at the Early Tender Date exceeded the
Maximum Principal Amount, the Offeror has accepted for purchase (a) US$415,441,000 principal amount of the 6.875% Guaranteed Notes due
2036 (the &ldquo;2036 Notes&rdquo;), (b) US$84,559,000 principal amount of the 6.875% Guaranteed Notes due 2039 (the &ldquo;2039 Notes&rdquo;),
and (c) none of the 8.250% Guaranteed Notes due 2034 (the &ldquo;2034 Notes&rdquo;), and no Notes tendered after the Early Tender Date
will be accepted for purchase. Any tendered Notes that are not accepted for purchase will be returned or credited without expense to the
holder&rsquo;s account.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #555555">Payment of the applicable Total Consideration
and Accrued Interest for the amount of 2036 Notes and 2039 Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase will be made on July 11, 2024
(the &ldquo;Early Settlement Date&rdquo;). The Offers will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 24, 2024.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #555555">The Offeror has retained BMO Capital Markets
Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and MUFG Securities Americas Inc.
to serve as dealer managers (&ldquo;Dealer Managers&rdquo;) and D.F. King &amp; Co., Inc. to serve as tender and information agent for
the Offers (&ldquo;D.F. King&rdquo;). The Offer to Purchase and any related supplements are available at the D.F. King website at www.dfking.com/vale.
The full details of the Offers, including complete instructions on how to tender Notes, are included in the Offer to Purchase. Holders
of Notes are strongly encouraged to carefully read the Offer to Purchase, including materials incorporated by reference therein, because
they will contain important information. Requests for the Offer to Purchase and any related supplements may also be directed to D.F. King
by telephone at +1 (212) 269-5550 or +1 (800) 591-8263 (US toll free) or in writing at vale@dfking.com. Questions about the Offers may
be directed to BMO Capital Markets Corp. by telephone at +1 (212) 702-1840 (collect) or +1 (833) 418-0762 (US toll free), Citigroup Global
Markets Inc. by telephone at +1 (212) 723-6106 (collect) or +1 (800) 558-3745 (US toll free), Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. by
telephone at +1 (212) 261-7802 (collect) or +1 (866) 807-6030 (US toll free), HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. by telephone at +1 (212) 525-5552
(collect) or +1 (888) HSBC-4LM (US toll free), or MUFG Securities Americas Inc. by telephone at +1 (212) 405-7481 (collect) or +1 (877)
744-4532 (US toll free).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/95% Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #555555">This news release is for informational
purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. The Offers are being made only
by, and pursuant to the terms of, the Offer to Purchase. The Offers are not being made in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance
thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction where the laws
require the Offers to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offers will be made by the Dealer Managers on behalf of the Offeror.
None of the Offeror, D.F. King, the Dealer Managers or the trustee with respect to the Notes, nor any of their affiliates, makes any recommendation
as to whether holders should tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of their Notes in response to the Offers. None of the
Offeror, D.F. King, the Dealer Managers or the trustee with respect to the Notes, nor any of their affiliates, has authorized any person
to give any information or to make any representation in connection with the Offers other than the information and representations contained
in the Offer to Purchase.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/95% 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>

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<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>

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<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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