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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-25-000768
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250331
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250310
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250307

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:		25721911

	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="margin: 0; font: 15pt Arial,sans-serif; color: #007E7A"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 15pt Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0; color: #007E7A"><B>Vale announces early tender results of cash tender offers for notes
due 2034, 2039 and 2036</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, March 7, 2025 &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 release issued earlier today, announces the early tender results of 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$450,000,000, 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;). The
Offers are being made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the offer to purchase dated as of February&nbsp;24, 2025
(the &ldquo;Offer to Purchase&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #555555">&nbsp;</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="font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; color: #555555; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>Principal
    Amount Validly Tendered</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 Accepted for Purchase</B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,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">8.250% Guaranteed Notes due 2034</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; color: #555555">91911TAE3 /</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; color: #555555">US91911TAE38</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: -5.35pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #555555">US$438,337,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,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,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$103,433,000</FONT></TD>
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    <P STYLE="color: #555555; font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">91911TAK9 /</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; color: #555555">US91911TAK97</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: -5.35pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #555555">US$1,061,600,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,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,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$170,555,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,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$170,555,000</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="color: #555555; font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="color: #555555; font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">91911TAH6 /</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 8pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; color: #555555">US91911TAH68</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: -5.35pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Vale Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #555555">US$916,425,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,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">3</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,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$49,977,000</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #555555">As of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March
7, 2025 (the &ldquo;Early Tender Date&rdquo;), US$323,965,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes has been validly tendered and not
validly withdrawn. Because the aggregate principal amount of Notes validly tendered in the Offers and not validly withdrawn do not exceed
the Maximum Principal Amount, the Offeror has accepted for purchase all of the Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn on or
prior to the Early Tender 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">If the aggregate principal amount of Notes
validly tendered in the Offers on or prior to the Expiration Date exceeds the Maximum Principal Amount, then the Offeror will (assuming
satisfaction or, where applicable, the waiver of the conditions to the Offers) (i) accept for purchase, in accordance with their Acceptance
Priority Levels (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), the maximum aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered after the Early Tender
Date and on or prior to the Expiration Date that can accepted without exceeding the Maximum Principal Amount, and (ii) prorate the series
of Notes tendered after the Early Tender Date and on or prior to the Expiration Date, and accepted for purchase in the Offers in accordance
with the Acceptance Priority Procedures, as described in the Offer to Purchase. The Offeror expressly reserves its right, in its sole
discretion and subject to applicable law, to increase the Maximum Principal Amount without extending withdrawal rights.</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">As previously announced, the applicable Total
Consideration (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) payable per US$1,000 principal amount of Notes tendered and accepted for purchase
has been determined by the Dealer Managers based on the applicable fixed spread for each series of Notes <I>plus</I> the applicable yield-to-maturity
of the Reference U.S. Treasury Security for that series of Notes as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on March 7, 2025. Payment of the
applicable Total Consideration and accrued and unpaid interest for the Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase is expected to
be made, subject to the terms and conditions of the Offer to Purchase, on March 12, 2025. The Offers will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on March 24, 2025. Holders who validly tender their Notes after the Early Tender Date, but on or prior</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #555555">to the Expiration Date, will be eligible to receive the Tender
Consideration (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) and accrued and unpaid interest. The applicable &ldquo;Tender Consideration&rdquo;
is equal to the applicable Total Consideration <I>minus</I> the applicable Early Tender Payment. The Tender Consideration is expected
to be paid on the Final Settlement Date, which is expected to occur on March 26, 2025.</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">Vale has retained BMO Capital Markets Corp.,
BofA Securities, Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC 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) 714-3310 (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), BofA Securities, Inc. by
telephone at +1 (646) 855-8988 (collect) or +1 (888) 292-0070 (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 J.P. Morgan Securities LLC by telephone at +1 (212) 834-3554 (collect) or +1 (866) 834-4666 (US toll
free).</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 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>

<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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</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>

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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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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;/s/ Adriana Barbosa Areias</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;/s/ Rodrigo Sebollela Duque Estrada Regis</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Name: Rodrigo Sebollela Duque Estrada Regis</P>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Date: March 7, 2025</FONT></TD>
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