United States

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the month of

 

September 2024

 

Vale S.A.

 

Praia de Botafogo nº 186, 18º andar, Botafogo
22250-145 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

(Address of principal executive office)

 

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)

 

(Check One) Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨

 

 

 

 
 

   

 

 

Press release

 

 

Vale informs on estimates update

 

Rio de Janeiro, September 11th, 2024 – Vale S.A. (“Vale”) informs that it has updated its estimates and that these must be considered as such:

 

Estimated production volume:

Year 2024
Iron ore (Mt) 323-330
Nickel (Kt)1 153-168

¹Review merely reflects the impact of PTVI’s deconsolidation, after partial divestment concluded in June 2024.

 

All-in components (real terms):

Year 2024
Copper All-in costs2 (US$/t) 3,300-3,800
Nickel All-in costs2,3 (US$/t) 15,000-16,500

2Excluding sustaining investments.

3Review merely reflects the impact of PTVI’s deconsolidation, after partial divestment concluded in June 2024.

 

 

All other guidances remains unchanged. Vale clarifies that the information provided in this document represent only an expectation, hypothetical data that by no means constitute a promise of performance by Vale and/or its management. The estimates presented involve market factors that are beyond Vale’s control and, therefore, can be subject to new changes. Additionally, Vale informs that the item 11 of its Reference Form will be filed again in due course, within the period required by the Resolution CVM No. 80.

 

 

Gustavo Duarte Pimenta

Executive Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations

 

 

 

For further information, please contact:

Vale.RI@vale.com

Thiago Lofiego: thiago.lofiego@vale.com

Luciana Oliveti: luciana.oliveti@vale.com

Mariana Rocha: mariana.rocha@vale.com

Patricia Tinoco: patricia.tinoco@vale.com

Pedro Terra: Pedro.terra@vale.com

 

 

This press release may include statements that present Vale’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 Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) and in particular the factors discussed under “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in Vale’s annual report on Form 20-F.

 

 
 

Signatures

 

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.

 

  Vale S.A.
(Registrant)  
   
  By: /s/ Thiago Lofiego
Date: September 11, 2024   Director of Investor Relations

 


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