SectorMetals and Mining
Established Date11/01/1943
Listing Date21/03/2002
ExchangeNew York Stock Exchange
Full-time Employees64610
Fiscal Year Ends31/12
Security TypeDepository Receipts (Ordinary Shares)
Office addressPraia de Botafogo 186 – offices 1101 , 1701 and 1801– Botafogo, 22250-145 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
BusinessResearch, produce and sell iron ore and pellets, nickel, fertilizers, copper, coal, manganese, ferroalloys, cobalt, platinum group metals and precious metals; and operate energy, logistics and steel businesses.
IntroductionVale S.A. is a joint-stock company (or sociedade por acoes), an indefinite company incorporated on January 11, 1943 under the laws of the Federal Republic of Brazil. Vale S.A. is one of the largest metals and mining companies in the world by market capitalization and the largest metals and mining company in the Americas. The company is the world's largest producer of iron ore and iron ore pellets and the world's second largest producer of nickel. The company also produces manganese ore, ferroalloys, coal, copper, platinum group metals (PGMs), gold, silver, cobalt and potassium carbonate, phosphates and other fertilizer nutrients.
