Webcast Alert: Vale Announces 4th Quarter 2009 Results Webcast

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 9  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vale (NYSE: VALE, VALE.P; BM&FBOVESPA: VALE3, VALE5; EURONEXT PARIS: VALE3, VALE5) announces the following webcast:

  What:     Vale 4th Quarter 2009 Results

  When:     Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. EST
                                        at 12:00 a.m. Rio de Janeiro time

  Where:    http://www.mediatown.com.br/prnewswire/player/?id=153

  How:      Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the
            address above.

  Contact:  Valeria Gomes from Vale, + 55 21 3814-4540, or e-mail,
            



If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived at http://www.vale.com/. To access the replay, click on the Investor Relations section.

Vale is the largest diversified mining company in the Americas and the second largest company in the global metals & mining industry, with an average market capitalization of approximately US$ 146.878 billion in 4Q09. Vale shares are traded on the NYSE (VALE and VALE.P), on the Euronext Paris (Vale3 and Vale5), and on the BM&FBOVESPA (Vale3 and Vale5). The ADR depositary agent is JP Morgan Chase. Vale is the world's largest producer and exporter of iron ore and pellets, the world's second-largest producer of nickel, and one of the leading producers of manganese and ferro-alloys. It also produces coal, copper, bauxite, kaolin, potash, alumina and aluminum. Vale is the largest logistics service provider in Brazil, where it owns and operates a series of railroads and ports.

Invitation: http://www.vale.com/vale_us/media/4Q09ConviteI.pdf 

http://www.mediatown.com.br/prnewswire/player/?id=153DATASOURCE: Vale



CONTACT: Valeria Gomes of Vale, +011-55-21-3814-4540, 



Web site: http://www.vale.com/ 

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