Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)

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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

December 2017

 

Vale S.A.

 

Avenida das Américas, No. 700 – Bloco 8, Sala 218
22640-100 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.)

 

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Vale concludes the sale of vessels to Bocomm

 

Rio de Janeiro, December 7, 2017 — Vale S.A. (Vale) and nominees of Bank of Communications Finance Leasing Co., Ltd. (Bocomm) concluded today the sale and purchase of two very large ore carriers (VLOCs) of 400,000 tons owned and currently operated by Vale.

 

The transaction totaled approximately US$ 178 million and this amount was received by Vale on December 7, 2017, at the delivery of the vessels.

 

This transaction concludes the sale of all 19 VLOCs owned by Vale and is consistent with our strategy of strengthening the balance sheet and focusing on core assets.

 

For further information, please contact:

[phone]

Andre Figueiredo: [e-mail]

Andre Werner: [e-mail]

Carla Albano Miller: [e-mail]

Fernando Mascarenhas: [e-mail]

Andrea Gutman: [e-mail]

Bruno Siqueira: [e-mail]

Claudia Rodrigues: [e-mail]

Denise Caruncho: [e-mail]

Mariano Szachtman: [e-mail]

Renata Capanema: [e-mail]

 

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 the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), and in particular the factors discussed under “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in Vale’s annual report on Form 20-F.

 

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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/ André Figueiredo
Date: December 07, 2017		Director of Investor Relations

 

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