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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-25-002197
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250630
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250523
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250522

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Vale S.A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000917851
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL MINING [1000]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		EIN:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15030
		FILM NUMBER:		25978644

	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: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Report of Foreign Private Issuer</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">May 2025</P>

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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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or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(Check One)
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>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><IMG SRC="vale202505226k_001.jpg" ALT=""><P STYLE="font: 26pt Vale Sans Extralight,sans-serif; margin: 0; color: #555555">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 16pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; color: #007E7A"><B>Vale approves debentures public offering</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #555555">Rio de Janeiro, May 22,2025 &ndash; Vale S.A
(&ldquo;Vale&rdquo; or &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) informs that its Board of Directors approved, on this date, the 11th (eleventh) issuance
of simple, non-convertible debentures, unsecured, in 3 (three) series, totaling R$6,000,000,000.00 (six billion reais), with maturities
of 7, 10, and 12 years, in accordance with Law No. 6.404/1976 (&ldquo;Law 6.404&rdquo;), Law No. 12.431/2011 (&ldquo;Law 12.431&rdquo;),
Decree No. 11.964/2024 (&ldquo;Decree 11.964&rdquo;), and other applicable legal and regulatory provisions (&ldquo;Issuance&rdquo;), which
will be subject to a public offering in the Brazilian market under the automatic registration distribution process, in accordance with
Article 26, item IV, letter (a) of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission Resolution No. 160/2022, Law No. 6.385/1976, and other
applicable legal and regulatory provisions (&ldquo;Offering&rdquo;).</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 Issuance will be conducted under Article
2 of Law 12.431, Decree 11.964, and the Ministry of Transportation Ordinance No. 689/2024 (&ldquo;MT Ordinance 689&rdquo;), considering
the classification of investment projects (as outlined in the Issuance Deed (<I>Escritura de Emiss&atilde;o</I>)) as priority projects
in the transportation sector, through protocol with the Ministry of Transportation, pursuant to Article 8 and subsequent articles of Decree
11.964 and Article 10 of MT Ordinance 689, subject to compliance with the requirements and procedures listed therein.</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 protocol of the application for the Offering's
registration before CVM, along with all required documents, will be filed in due course.</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 release is being published by the Company
solely in compliance with CVM Resolution No. 44/2021 and paragraph 4 of Article 157 of Law No. 6.404, and is for informational purposes
only. It should not be interpreted or considered, for all legal purposes, as promotional or sales material for the Issuance and Offering.</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 Company will keep the market and its shareholders
informed about the development of the Issuance and the Offering.</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: 7pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; color: gray"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 7pt Vale Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: gray"><B>Para mais informa&ccedil;&otilde;es, contatar:</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&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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    <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: May 22, 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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