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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-25-000458
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250331
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250220
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250219

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:		25642982

	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="font: 26pt Vale Sans Extralight,sans-serif; margin: 0; color: #555555">Press Release</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 16pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; color: #007E7A">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 16pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; color: #007E7A"><B>Vale announces new share buyback program</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #555555">Rio de Janeiro, February 19<SUP>th</SUP>, 2025
&#8211; Vale S.A. (&quot;Vale&quot; or &quot;Company&quot;) informs that its Board of Directors has approved, today, a new share buyback
program for the acquisition of up to 120 million common shares<SUP>1</SUP> within a period of 18 months from this date<SUP>2</SUP>
(the &#8220;new share buyback program&#8221;), representing approximately 3.0% of the outstanding shares<SUP>3</SUP>.</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: justify; color: #555555">The approval of the new share buyback program
demonstrates management's continued confidence in Vale&#8217;s business outlook, the management's discipline in capital allocation and
the commitment to creating and sharing value with the company&#8217;s shareholders. The decision considered the imminent expiration of
the current buyback program<SUP>4</SUP>, through which Vale has repurchased approximately 34 million shares to this date.</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: justify; color: #555555">The new share buyback program was approved
in accordance with Brazilian capital market regulations and will be implemented on the stock exchanges at market prices. Additional information
can be found in Annex G of CVM Resolution 80/2022, filed with the Brazilian Securities Commission.</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">Marcelo Feriozzi Bacci</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: gray">Vale.RI@vale.com</P>

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

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

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 7pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: gray">Patricia Tinoco: patricia.tinoco@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">This press release may include statements that
present Vale&#8217;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 &#8220;Forward-Looking Statements&#8221; and &#8220;Risk
Factors&#8221; in Vale&#8217;s annual report on Form 20-F.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; color: #595959"><SUP>1</SUP> Including the respective American Depositary Receipts
(ADRs).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; color: #595959"><SUP>2</SUP> The plan now approved will come into effect on April
26, 2025, after the end of the current program.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; color: #595959"><SUP>3</SUP> Considering the current shareholding position.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; color: #595959"><SUP>4</SUP> With a mandatory expiration date on April 25, 2025,
after 18 months.</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="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: February 19, 2025</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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