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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-24-003243
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240930
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240828
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240827

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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:		241250388

	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: 16pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; color: #007E7A"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 16pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; color: #007E7A"><B>Communication of transaction with
related party</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #555555"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">Rio de
Janeiro, August 27, 2024 &ndash; Vale S.A. (&quot;Vale&quot; or &quot;Company&quot;), in accordance with Article 33, item XXXII, of CVM
Resolution No. 80, dated March 29, 2022, hereby announces the following transaction with a related party.</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 68%; border-top: #595959 1pt solid; border-right: #595959 1pt solid; border-bottom: #595959 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #595959">Cosan Lubrificantes e Especialidades S.A. (&ldquo;Cosan&rdquo;) and Neolubes Industria Lubrificantes Ltda (&ldquo;Ra&iacute;zen&rdquo;)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: #595959 1pt solid; border-bottom: #595959 1pt solid; border-left: #595959 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #595959"><B>Relationship with the issuer</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: #595959 1pt solid; border-bottom: #595959 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #595959">Cosan is a shareholder with significant influence in Vale. Ra&iacute;zen is a joint venture of Cosan and, consequently, is also a related party of Vale.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: #595959 1pt solid; border-bottom: #595959 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #595959">08/16/2024</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-right: #595959 1pt solid; border-bottom: #595959 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #595959">Sale of lubricants and specialty greases from Cosan and Ra&iacute;zen to Vale.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: #595959 1pt solid; border-bottom: #595959 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #595959">07/01/2024 to 06/30/2027</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: #595959 1pt solid; border-bottom: #595959 1pt solid; border-left: #595959 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #595959"><B>Issuer&rsquo;s contractual position</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-right: #595959 1pt solid; border-bottom: #595959 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #595959; letter-spacing: -0.5pt">The contract does not provide for a fixed value or obligation of consumption by Vale. The actual acquisition of materials and formalization of the contracted volume is carried out through the issuance of Purchase Orders, on demand from Vale and accepted by the supplier for each supply, according to the flow agreed in the instrument itself. Considering this, the total estimated value for these contracts is approximately R$159.0 million, with R$95.3 million related to Cosan and R$63.7 million related to Ra&iacute;zen.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-right: #595959 1pt solid; border-bottom: #595959 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #595959">None related to this transaction.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #595959">Obligations of Cosan and Ra&iacute;zen: To
    carry out the supply of materials in full compliance with the provisions of the contract in accordance with the technical specifications
    sent for validation during the competitive process, in strict compliance with the provisions of the applicable legislation, directly answering
    for their quality and suitability. There is no obligation of consumption by Vale.</P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #595959">Obligations of Vale: To make the payment for
    the purchase of materials, in accordance with the provisions of the contract.</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: #595959 1pt solid; border-bottom: #595959 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #595959">A competitive process was carried out which invited 15 suppliers and the awards were made based on each supplier's competitiveness and technical validations/homologations. &nbsp;In total, 11 suppliers will be contracted with a total value of R$277.9 million, among them, Cosan and Ra&iacute;zen, representing 34.3% and 22.9% of the total value contracted in the competition.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: #595959 1pt solid; border-bottom: #595959 1pt solid; border-left: #595959 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #595959; letter-spacing: 0.2pt"><B>Eventual participation of the counterparty, its partners, or administrators in the issuer's decision-making process regarding the transaction or negotiation of the transaction as representatives of the issuer, describing these interests.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-right: #595959 1pt solid; border-bottom: #595959 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #595959">As part of the decision-making process, the transaction was carried out in strict compliance with the Related Party Transactions Policy and Conflict of Interest of the Company (&ldquo;Policy&rdquo;). The matter was deliberated by the Board of Directors, and, as established in the Policy, among other actions, once the conflict of interests of a member of the Board of Directors was identified, he did not receive any documentation or information pertinent to the subject nor did he participate in the discussions of such matter in Vale&rsquo;s governance bodies,&nbsp;&nbsp;with&nbsp;&nbsp;the Director's abstention and absence being recorded in the minutes.</FONT></TD></TR>
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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>

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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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<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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    (Registrant) &nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date: August 27, 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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