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DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180531

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000102729
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FABRICATED STRUCTURAL METAL PRODUCTS [3440]
		IRS NUMBER:				470351813
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1226

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		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31429
		FILM NUMBER:		18871500

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 358
		STREET 2:		HWY 275
		CITY:			VALLEY
		STATE:			NE
		ZIP:			68064
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4023592201

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 358 - HIGHWAY 275
		CITY:			VALLEY
		STATE:			NE
		ZIP:			68064-0358

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VALLEY MANUFACTURING CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19680822
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt">Item 1.01&#160; <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report</u></font></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt">Valmont Industries, Inc.</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt">Conflict Minerals Report</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt">For the Calendar Year Ended December 31, 2017</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt">INTRODUCTION</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Valmont Industries, Inc.is a diversified global producer of highly-engineered fabricated metal products. In Valmont's Engineered Support Structures segment, Valmont is a leading producer of steel, aluminum and composite poles, towers, industrial and architectural access systems and other structures. Valmont's Utilities Support Structures segment manufactures steel and concrete pole structures for transmission and distribution primarily within the United States. Outside of the United States, Valmont manufactures complex steel structures used in electrical energy generation and distribution. Valmont's Irrigation segment is a global producer of mechanized irrigation systems and provider of water management solutions for large-scale production agriculture. Valmont's Coatings segment provides metal coating services, including galvanizing for steel and other applied coatings. This Report has been prepared pursuant to Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and statements issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2017.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">This Report relates to the process undertaken for Valmont products that were manufactured, or contracted to be manufactured, during calendar year 2017 and that may contain gold, tantalum, tin and tungsten.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt">Valmont Policy</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Valmont supports the objective of preventing armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) or adjoining countries from benefitting from sourcing of conflict minerals from that region. Conflict minerals include gold, tin, tantalum, and tungsten (collectively, the "3TG"). The Dodd-Frank Act and related SEC rules require public companies to report to the SEC the presence of conflict minerals originating in the DRC or adjoining countries in the products they manufacture or contract to manufacture if the conflict minerals are necessary to the functionality or the production of a product.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Valmont does not source conflict minerals directly from smelters or mines. Valmont evaluates its product line to determine which components of its products supplied by third parties may contain any of the 3TG necessary to product functionality or production. When Valmont determines a third party component contains any of these minerals, it surveys the suppliers of the product component on their sourcing, using an industry-approved survey for conflict minerals.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Valmont is committed to responsible conflict-free sourcing and to working with its suppliers to ensure they share this philosophy and are engaged in responsible conflict-free sourcing.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt">Design of Due Diligence</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Valmont designed its due diligence measures in all material respects to conform to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, including the related supplements on tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt">if any of the 3TG were contained in any products, used in the production process, or necessary to the functionality or production then whether any of the used 3TG were sourced from or originated from the DRC or an adjoining country.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Based on its evaluation, Valmont determined that gold, tantalum and tin may be present in certain circuit boards, and related connectors and capacitors, manufactured by its suppliers and used in Valmont's irrigation product line.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">These suppliers were asked to undertake the following actions:</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt">Complete and return the EICC/GeSI Conflict Mineral Reporting Template.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The EICC/GeSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template used by Valmont is an industry-standard survey template for conflict minerals. Valmont advised the suppliers that ultimately Valmont intended to assure itself that products and components in its supply chain do not contain metals that have contributed to the conflict in the DRC and adjoining countries.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt">Due Diligence Responses</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Responses were received from the suppliers of the electrical components purchased by Valmont's irrigation division in 2017. Fifty percent of the suppliers responded, and indicated that one or more of 3TG is necessary to the functionality of the electrical components they supply to us.&#160; Valmont's revenues in 2017 were in excess of $2.7 billion and its purchases from the relevant suppliers for all products, including products without 3TG, were approximately $28.9 million.&#160; Suppliers provided smelter/refiner information on hundreds of smelters/refiners&#160;and advised that they were continuing efforts to collect smelter/refiner data from their suppliers.&#160; Some suppliers did not respond notwithstanding repeated inquiry by Valmont.&#160; Valmont is unable to determine conclusively the countries of origin of the 3TG.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.7pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Valmont continues to enhance its due diligence process, and in accordance with its policy, is working to improve communications with its suppliers to mitigate the risk that the necessary 3TG contained in its products could benefit armed groups in the DRC or adjoining companies.</div>

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