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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-24-002725
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240930
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240712
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240712

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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:		241113185

	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">Vale S.A.</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">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 16pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; color: #007E7A"><B>Vale and BHP enter into an agreement on claims in the United
Kingdom and the Netherlands</B></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 12, 2024 &ndash;
Vale S.A. (&ldquo;Vale&rdquo; or &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) announces that it has entered into an agreement with BHP Billiton Brasil Ltda.
(&ldquo;BHP Brasil&rdquo;), BHP Group (UK) Ltd and BHP Group Ltd (together, &ldquo;BHP&rdquo;) in relation to group action proceedings
in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands relating to the Fund&atilde;o Dam<SUP>1</SUP> rupture in Brazil in 2015. The Fund&atilde;o
Dam was owned and operated by Samarco Minera&ccedil;&atilde;o S.A.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #555555">As disclosed on December 2, 2022<SUP>2</SUP>,
Vale is a defendant to a contribution claim brought by BHP before the English Court, in connection with a group action claim brought against
BHP by over 600,000 claimants seeking damages for alleged losses arising from the dam rupture (the &ldquo;UK Claims&rdquo;). BHP denies
liability in the UK Claims.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #555555">As disclosed on March 19, 2024<SUP>3</SUP>,
Vale became a defendant in proceedings brought in the Netherlands on behalf of over 78,000 claimants who claim to have been affected by
the dam rupture. As previously stated, Vale will assess the merits of those claims in due course and defend itself appropriately.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #555555">Vale and BHP have entered into a confidential
agreement without any admission of liability pursuant to which the contribution claim brought by BHP against Vale in connection with the
UK Claims will be withdrawn. The effect of the agreement is that should BHP ultimately be found to have any liability to the claimants
in the UK Claims, or should Vale ultimately be found to have any liability to the claimants in the Netherlands, such liability would be
shared equally between BHP and Vale. All other terms of the agreement remain strictly confidential.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/115% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #555555">Vale reaffirms its commitment to repairing
the damages caused by the Fund&atilde;o dam rupture, in compliance with the terms of the 2016 Framework Agreement (&ldquo;TTAC&rdquo;)
and the 2018 Governance Framework Agreement (&ldquo;TAC Governance&rdquo;) entered into with Brazilian public authorities, Samarco Minera&ccedil;&atilde;o
S.A. and its joint-venture owners, Vale and BHP Brasil.</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>

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<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">The Fund&atilde;o Dam was owned and operated
by Samarco Minera&ccedil;&atilde;o S.A., a non-operated joint venture between BHP Brasil (a subsidiary of BHP Group LTD) and Vale.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0"><SUP>2</SUP> <FONT STYLE="color: #595959">With the title &ldquo;Vale on contribution
claim&rdquo;, available </FONT>here.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0"><SUP>3</SUP> <FONT STYLE="color: #595959">With the title &ldquo;Vale clarifies
about judicial orders in Netherlands&rdquo;, available </FONT>here.</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>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 47%">/s/ Thiago Lofiego</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date: July 12, 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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