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Vale S.A. – ‘20-F’ for 12/31/18 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 4/18/19, at 5:28pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/18   ·   Accession #:  1047469-19-2391   ·   File #:  1-15030

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 4/18/19  Vale S.A.                         20-F       12/31/18  205:52M                                    Toppan Merrill-FA

Annual Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer   —   Form 20-F   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 20-F        Annual Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer      HTML   4.51M 
 2: EX-8        Opinion of Counsel re: Tax Matters                  HTML    112K 
 5: EX-13.1     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     58K 
 3: EX-12.1     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     61K 
 4: EX-12.2     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     60K 
 6: EX-15.1     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Info         HTML     57K 
 7: EX-15.2     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Info         HTML     56K 
14: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     85K 
15: R2          Consolidated Income Statement                       HTML    143K 
16: R3          Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income      HTML    110K 
17: R4          Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows                HTML    154K 
18: R5          Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows                HTML     56K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
19: R6          Consolidated Statement of Financial Position        HTML    182K 
20: R7          Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity         HTML    123K 
21: R8          Corporate information                               HTML     59K 
22: R9          Basis for preparation of the financial statements   HTML    228K 
23: R10         Brumadinho's dam failure                            HTML    107K 
24: R11         Information by business segment and by geographic   HTML    890K 
                area                                                             
25: R12         Costs and expenses by nature                        HTML    134K 
26: R13         Financial result                                    HTML    113K 
27: R14         Streaming transactions                              HTML     64K 
28: R15         Income taxes                                        HTML    205K 
29: R16         Basic and diluted earnings per share                HTML     95K 
30: R17         Accounts receivable                                 HTML     84K 
31: R18         Inventories                                         HTML     80K 
32: R19         Recoverable taxes                                   HTML     75K 
33: R20         Other financial assets and liabilities              HTML    106K 
34: R21         Non-current assets and liabilities held for sale    HTML    186K 
                and discontinued operations                                      
35: R22         Subsidiaries                                        HTML    180K 
36: R23         Investments in associates and joint ventures        HTML    542K 
37: R24         Noncontrolling interest                             HTML    271K 
38: R25         Intangibles                                         HTML    147K 
39: R26         Property, plant and equipment                       HTML    243K 
40: R27         Impairment and onerous contracts                    HTML    119K 
41: R28         Loans, borrowings and cash and cash equivalents     HTML    133K 
42: R29         Liabilities related to associates and joint         HTML    105K 
                ventures                                                         
43: R30         Financial instruments classification                HTML    546K 
44: R31         Fair value estimate                                 HTML    170K 
45: R32         Derivative financial instruments                    HTML    317K 
46: R33         Provisions                                          HTML     90K 
47: R34         Asset retirement obligations                        HTML     99K 
48: R35         Litigation                                          HTML    163K 
49: R36         Employee Benefits                                   HTML    996K 
50: R37         Stockholders' equity                                HTML    275K 
51: R38         Related parties                                     HTML    261K 
52: R39         Commitments                                         HTML     87K 
53: R40         Risk management                                     HTML     77K 
54: R41         Additional information about derivatives financial  HTML   1.75M 
                instruments                                                      
55: R42         Basis for preparation of the financial statements   HTML    309K 
                (Policies)                                                       
56: R43         Basis for preparation of the financial statements   HTML    196K 
                (Tables)                                                         
57: R44         Brumadinho's dam failure (Tables)                   HTML     70K 
58: R45         Information by business segment and by geographic   HTML    886K 
                area (Tables)                                                    
59: R46         Costs and expenses by nature (Tables)               HTML    138K 
60: R47         Financial result (Tables)                           HTML    109K 
61: R48         Income taxes (Tables)                               HTML    201K 
62: R49         Basic and diluted earnings per share (Tables)       HTML     94K 
63: R50         Accounts receivable (Tables)                        HTML     96K 
64: R51         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     80K 
65: R52         Recoverable taxes (Tables)                          HTML     74K 
66: R53         Other Financial Assets And Liabilities (Tables)     HTML    104K 
67: R54         Non-current assets and liabilities held for sale    HTML    182K 
                and discontinued operations (Tables)                             
68: R55         Subsidiaries (Tables)                               HTML    176K 
69: R56         Investments in associates and joint ventures        HTML    536K 
                (Tables)                                                         
70: R57         Noncontrolling interest (Tables)                    HTML    269K 
71: R58         Intangibles (Tables)                                HTML    146K 
72: R59         Property, plant and equipment (Tables)              HTML    236K 
73: R60         Impairment and onerous contracts (Tables)           HTML    103K 
74: R61         Loans, borrowings and cash and cash equivalents     HTML    132K 
                (Tables)                                                         
75: R62         Liabilities related to associates and joint         HTML    216K 
                ventures (Tables)                                                
76: R63         Financial instruments classification (Tables)       HTML    544K 
77: R64         Fair value estimate (Tables)                        HTML    164K 
78: R65         Derivative financial instruments (Tables)           HTML    315K 
79: R66         Provisions (Tables)                                 HTML     90K 
80: R67         Asset retirement obligations (Tables)               HTML     96K 
81: R68         Litigation (Tables)                                 HTML    151K 
82: R69         Employee Benefits (Tables)                          HTML    989K 
83: R70         Stockholders' equity (Tables)                       HTML    266K 
84: R71         Related parties (Tables)                            HTML    260K 
85: R72         Commitments (Tables)                                HTML     81K 
86: R73         Additional information about derivatives financial  HTML   1.76M 
                instruments (Tables)                                             
87: R74         Basis for preparation of the financial statements   HTML     63K 
                - Presentation currency (Details)                                
88: R75         Basis for preparation of the financial statements   HTML    106K 
                - IFRS 9 Financial Instrument (Details)                          
89: R76         Basis for preparation of the financial statements   HTML     74K 
                - IFRS 16 Lease (Details)                                        
90: R77         Brumadinho's dam failure (Details)                  HTML     65K 
91: R78         Brumadinho's dam failure - Operation stoppages and  HTML     65K 
                de-characterization of the upstream dams (Details)               
92: R79         Brumadinho's dam failure - Assets write-offs        HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
93: R80         Brumadinho's dam failure - Framework Agreements     HTML     74K 
                (Details)                                                        
94: R81         Brumadinho's dam failure - Donations and other      HTML     84K 
                incurred expenses (Details)                                      
95: R82         Brumadinho's dam failure - Contingencies and other  HTML    100K 
                legal matters (Details)                                          
96: R83         Information by business segment and by geographic   HTML    147K 
                area - Adjusted EBITDA (Details)                                 
97: R84         Information by business segment and by geographic   HTML     89K 
                area - Adjusted EBITDA reconciled to net income                  
                (Details)                                                        
98: R85         Information by business segment and by geographic   HTML     64K 
                area - Special events occurred during the year                   
                (Details)                                                        
99: R86         Information by business segment and by geographic   HTML     94K 
                area - Assets (Details)                                          
100: R87         Information by business segment and by geographic   HTML     97K  
                area - Investments in associates and joint                       
                ventures, intangibles and property, plant and                    
                equipment by geographic area (Details)                           
101: R88         Information by business segment and by geographic   HTML    123K  
                area - Revenue (Details)                                         
102: R89         Information by business segment and by geographic   HTML     67K  
                area - Commodity price risk (Details)                            
103: R90         Costs and expenses by nature - Cost of goods sold   HTML     81K  
                and services (Details)                                           
104: R91         Costs and expenses by nature - Selling and          HTML     65K  
                administrative (Details)                                         
105: R92         Costs and expenses by nature - Other (Details)      HTML     65K  
106: R93         Financial result (Details)                          HTML     89K  
107: R94         Streaming transactions - (Details)                  HTML     95K  
108: R95         Income taxes -Deferred tax assets and liabilities   HTML     77K  
                (Details)                                                        
109: R96         Income taxes -Assets and liabilities (Details)      HTML     62K  
110: R97         Income taxes - Changes in deferred tax (Details)    HTML    120K  
111: R98         Income taxes - Income tax reconciliation (Details)  HTML     83K  
112: R99         Income taxes - Tax incentives (Details)             HTML     60K  
113: R100        Income taxes - Settlement program (Details)         HTML     64K  
114: R101        Basic and diluted earnings per share (Details)      HTML     80K  
115: R102        Accounts receivable (Details)                       HTML     70K  
116: R103        Inventories (Details)                               HTML     68K  
117: R104        Recoverable taxes (Details)                         HTML     65K  
118: R105        Other financial assets and liabilities (Details)    HTML    101K  
119: R106        Non-current assets and liabilities held for sale    HTML     96K  
                and discontinued operations (Details)                            
120: R107        Non-current assets and liabilities held for sale    HTML     86K  
                and discontinued operations - Sale of Fertilizers                
                assets (Details)                                                 
121: R108        Non-current assets and liabilities held for sale    HTML     90K  
                and discontinued operations - Results of                         
                discontinued operations (Details)                                
122: R109        Non-current assets and liabilities held for sale    HTML     97K  
                and discontinued operations - Cash flows of                      
                discontinued operations (Details)                                
123: R110        Subsidiaries (Details)                              HTML    114K  
124: R111        Investments in associates and joint ventures -      HTML    119K  
                Ownership and voting capital (Details)                           
125: R112        Investments in associates and joint ventures -      HTML     99K  
                Changes during the year (Details)                                
126: R113        Investments in associates and joint ventures -      HTML    125K  
                Acquisitions and divestiture (Details)                           
127: R114        Investments in associates and joint ventures        HTML    155K  
                -Carrying amount, equity in results and dividend                 
                received (Details)                                               
128: R115        Investments in associates and joint ventures -      HTML    118K  
                Financial information (Details)                                  
129: R116        Noncontrolling interest - Financial information     HTML    138K  
                (Details)                                                        
130: R117        Intangibles - Changes in Intangibles (Details)      HTML    100K  
131: R118        Intangibles - Estimated useful lives (Details)      HTML     66K  
132: R119        Property, plant and equipment - Changes (Details)   HTML    130K  
133: R120        Property, plant and equipment - Disposal of assets  HTML     69K  
                (Details)                                                        
134: R121        Property, plant and equipment - Estimated useful    HTML     80K  
                lives (Details)                                                  
135: R122        Impairment and onerous contracts (Details)          HTML    107K  
136: R123        Loans, borrowings and cash and cash equivalents -   HTML     57K  
                Loans and borrowings (Details)                                   
137: R124        Loans, borrowings and cash and cash equivalents -   HTML     75K  
                Total debt (Details)                                             
138: R125        Loans, borrowings and cash and cash equivalents -   HTML     72K  
                Debt payments (Details)                                          
139: R126        Loans, borrowings and cash and cash equivalents -   HTML     88K  
                Reconciliation of debt to cash flows arising from                
                financing activities (Details)                                   
140: R127        Loans, borrowings and cash and cash equivalents -   HTML     57K  
                Policy (Details)                                                 
141: R128        Loans, borrowings and cash and cash equivalents -   HTML     59K  
                Liquidity risk (Details)                                         
142: R129        Liabilities related to associates and joint         HTML     67K  
                ventures - Framework agreement (Details)                         
143: R130        Liabilities related to associates and joint         HTML     84K  
                ventures - Movements of provision (Details)                      
144: R131        Liabilities related to associates and joint         HTML     94K  
                ventures - Samarco financial information (Details)               
145: R132        Financial instruments classification (Details)      HTML    145K  
146: R133        Financial instruments classification -              HTML    173K  
                Classification of financial assets and liabilities               
                by currencies (Details)                                          
147: R134        Fair value estimate - Assets and liabilities        HTML    110K  
                measured and recognized at fair value (Details)                  
148: R135        Fair value estimate - Changes in assets and         HTML     74K  
                liabilities (Details)                                            
149: R136        Fair value estimate - Fair value of financial       HTML     69K  
                instruments not measured at fair value (Details)                 
150: R137        Derivative financial instruments - Effects of       HTML     94K  
                derivatives on statement of financial position                   
                (Details)                                                        
151: R138        Derivative financial instruments - Effects of       HTML     97K  
                derivatives on the income statement, cash flow and               
                other comprehensive income (Details)                             
152: R139        Derivative financial instruments - Hedge in         HTML     67K  
                foreign operations (Details)                                     
153: R140        Provisions (Details)                                HTML     75K  
154: R141        Asset retirement obligations - (Details)            HTML     79K  
155: R142        Asset retirement obligations - Changes in           HTML     65K  
                long-term interest rates (Details)                               
156: R143        Litigation (Details)                                HTML     91K  
157: R144        Litigation - Contingent liabilities (Details)       HTML     66K  
158: R145        Litigation - Judicial deposits (Details)            HTML     68K  
159: R146        Litigation - Contingencies related to Samarco       HTML     67K  
                accident (Details)                                               
160: R147        Litigation - Contingencies assets (Details)         HTML     60K  
161: R148        Employee Benefits - Change in benefit obligation    HTML     87K  
                (Details)                                                        
162: R149        Employee Benefits - Evolution of assets fair value  HTML     85K  
                (Details)                                                        
163: R150        Employee benefits - Reconciliation of assets and    HTML    122K  
                liabilities recognized in the statement of                       
                financial position (Details)                                     
164: R151        Employee benefits - Costs recognized in the income  HTML     72K  
                statement (Details)                                              
165: R152        Employee benefits - Costs recognized in the         HTML     92K  
                statement of comprehensive income (Details)                      
166: R153        Employee benefits - Actuarial and economic          HTML    118K  
                assumptions and sensitivity analysis (Details)                   
167: R154        Employee benefits - Assets of pension plans         HTML     65K  
                (Details)                                                        
168: R155        Employee benefits - Overfunded pension plans -      HTML    103K  
                Assets by category (Details)                                     
169: R156        Employee benefits - Overfunded pension plans -      HTML     85K  
                Measurement of assets at fair value (Details)                    
170: R157        Employee benefits - Underfunded pension plans -     HTML    105K  
                Assets by category (Details)                                     
171: R158        Employee benefits - Underfunded pension plans,      HTML     82K  
                Measurement of plan assets at fair value (Details)               
172: R159        Employee benefits - Expected benefit payments       HTML     86K  
                (Details)                                                        
173: R160        Employee benefits - Profit sharing program ("Plr")  HTML     57K  
                (Details)                                                        
174: R161        Employee benefits - Long-term compensation plan     HTML     70K  
                (Details)                                                        
175: R162        Stockholders' equity - Share capital (Details)      HTML    110K  
176: R163        Stockholders' equity - Share buyback program        HTML     63K  
                (Details)                                                        
177: R164        Stockholders' equity - Remuneration to the          HTML     85K  
                Company's stockholders (Details)                                 
178: R165        Stockholders' equity - Profit reserves (Details)    HTML     89K  
179: R166        Stockholders' equity - Unrealized fair value gain   HTML     78K  
                (Losses) (Details)                                               
180: R167        Stockholders' equity - Conversion preferred shares  HTML     61K  
                (Details)                                                        
181: R168        Stockholders' equity - Merger of Valepar S.A        HTML     94K  
                (Details)                                                        
182: R169        Stockholders' equity - Share position (Details)     HTML     83K  
183: R170        Stockholders' equity - Shareholders' Agreement      HTML     59K  
                (Details)                                                        
184: R171        Related parties (Details)                           HTML     99K  
185: R172        Related parties - Coal segment transactions         HTML     70K  
                (Details)                                                        
186: R173        Related parties - Key management personnel          HTML     71K  
                remuneration (Details)                                           
187: R174        Commitments - Contractual obligations (Details)     HTML     81K  
188: R175        Commitments - Guarantees provided (Details)         HTML     64K  
189: R176        Commitments - Nickel Operations (Details)           HTML     59K  
190: R177        Additional information about derivatives financial  HTML    136K  
                instruments - Protection programs for the R$                     
                denominated debt instruments (Details)                           
191: R178        Additional information about derivatives financial  HTML     83K  
                instruments - Protection program for EUR                         
                denominated debt instruments (Details)                           
192: R179        Additional information about derivatives financial  HTML     81K  
                instruments - Bunker Oil purchase cash flows                     
                protection program (Details)                                     
193: R180        Additional information about derivatives financial  HTML     85K  
                instruments - Protection programs for base metals                
                raw materials and products (Details)                             
194: R181        Additional information about derivatives financial  HTML     67K  
                instruments - Freight derivative positions                       
                (Details)                                                        
195: R182        Additional information about derivatives financial  HTML     70K  
                instruments - Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.                      
                warrants (Details)                                               
196: R183        Additional information about derivatives financial  HTML     70K  
                instruments - Debentures convertible into shares                 
                of Valor da Logstica Integrada (Details)                         
197: R184        Additional information about derivatives financial  HTML     70K  
                instruments - Options related to MBR shares                      
                (Details)                                                        
198: R185        Additional information about derivatives financial  HTML     94K  
                instruments - Embedded derivatives in contracts                  
                (Details)                                                        
199: R186        Additional information about derivatives financial  HTML    240K  
                instruments - Sensitivity analysis of derivative                 
                financial instruments (Details)                                  
200: R187        Additional information about derivatives financial  HTML    143K  
                instruments - Market curves, Products (Details)                  
201: R188        Additional information about derivatives financial  HTML    271K  
                instruments - Market curves, Interest rates                      
                (Details)                                                        
202: R189        Additional information about derivatives financial  HTML     59K  
                instruments - Currency ending rates (Details)                    
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203: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    293K  
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‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — vale-20181231_pre

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