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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-25-000536
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250331
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250224
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250224

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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:		25654357

	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: 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;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 16pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; color: #007E7A">Vale plans to reopen notes due 2054</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 24, 2025 - Vale S.A.
(&ldquo;Vale&rdquo;) hereby announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Vale Overseas Limited (&ldquo;Vale Overseas&rdquo;) plans to offer
additional notes of its 6.400% Guaranteed Notes due 2054 (CUSIP No. 91911T AS2 / ISIN No. US91911TAS24) (the &ldquo;Notes&rdquo;). The
additional Notes will be consolidated, form a single series, and be fully fungible with Vale Overseas&rsquo;s outstanding US$1,000,000,000
aggregate principal amount of Notes issued on June 28, 2024. Vale intends to use a portion of the net proceeds of the offering to fund
the purchase price of certain notes issued by Vale Overseas tendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the tender offer announced
on the date hereof, and the remainder for general corporate purposes. &nbsp; &nbsp;</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 Notes will be unsecured obligations of
Vale Overseas and will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Vale. The guarantees will rank equally in right of payment with all
of Vale&rsquo;s other unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations.</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">BMO Capital Markets Corp., BofA Securities,
Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC are acting as Global Coordinators
and Joint Bookrunners for the Notes, and Morgan Stanley &amp; Co. LLC and Santander US Capital Markets LLC are acting as Joint Bookrunners
for the Notes.</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 offering is being made pursuant to an effective
shelf registration statement. A preliminary prospectus supplement with further information about the proposed offering has been filed
with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;). Before you invest, you should read the preliminary prospectus supplement
and other documents Vale and Vale Overseas have filed with the SEC for more complete information about the companies and the offering.
You may access these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the underwriters will arrange
to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling BMO Capital Markets Corp. at +1 (866) 864-7760, BofA Securities, Inc. at +1 (800)
294-1322, Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. at +1 (866) 807-6030, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. at +1 (866) 811-8049, J.P. Morgan Securities
LLC at +1 (212) 834-3554, Morgan Stanley &amp; Co. LLC at +1 (866) 718-1649 and Santander US Capital Markets LLC at +1
(833) 818-1602.</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">This press release shall not constitute an
offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in
any state or other jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification
under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.</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: #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">Mariana Rocha: mariana.rocha@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">Pedro Terra: pedro.terra@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: 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
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 9pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 9pt"><BR>
&nbsp;/s/&nbsp;Adriana Barbosa Areias&#9;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 9pt">/s/&nbsp;Rodrigo Sebollela Duque Estrada Regis&#9;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 9pt">Date: February 24, 2025</FONT></TD>
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