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

On:  Tuesday, 3/23/21, at 8:35pm ET   ·   As of:  3/24/21   ·   For:  12/31/20   ·   Accession #:  1047469-21-687   ·   File #:  1-15030

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

 3/24/21  Vale S.A.                         20-F       12/31/20  216:51M                                    Merrill Corp./New/FA

Annual or Annual-Transition Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer   —   Form 20-F   —   SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 20-F        Annual or Annual-Transition Report by a Foreign     HTML   4.42M 
                Non-Canadian Issuer                                              
 2: EX-1.1      Underwriting Agreement or Conflict Minerals Report  HTML    178K 
 3: EX-2        Plan of Acquisition, Reorganization, Arrangement,   HTML    275K 
                Liquidation or Succession                                        
 4: EX-4.2      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    822K 
 5: EX-8        Opinion of Counsel re: Tax Matters                  HTML    112K 
 8: EX-13.1     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     60K 
 6: EX-12.1     Statement re: the Computation of Ratios             HTML     60K 
 7: EX-12.2     Statement re: the Computation of Ratios             HTML     60K 
 9: EX-15.1     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Info         HTML     56K 
10: EX-15.2     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Info         HTML     57K 
11: EX-15.3     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Info         HTML     59K 
18: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     97K 
19: R2          Consolidated Income Statement                       HTML    136K 
20: R3          Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income      HTML    104K 
21: R4          Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows                HTML    167K 
22: R5          Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows                HTML     61K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
23: R6          Consolidated Statement of Financial Position        HTML    171K 
24: R7          Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity         HTML    100K 
25: R8          Corporate information                               HTML     59K 
26: R9          Basis of preparation of the financial statements    HTML    104K 
27: R10         Significant events in the current year              HTML     82K 
28: R11         Information by business segment and by geographic   HTML    926K 
                area                                                             
29: R12         Costs and expenses by nature                        HTML    152K 
30: R13         Financial result                                    HTML    117K 
31: R14         Streaming transactions                              HTML     63K 
32: R15         Income taxes                                        HTML    204K 
33: R16         Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share         HTML     96K 
34: R17         Accounts receivable                                 HTML     83K 
35: R18         Inventories                                         HTML     81K 
36: R19         Recoverable taxes                                   HTML     78K 
37: R20         Other financial assets and liabilities              HTML    110K 
38: R21         Investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint   HTML    813K 
                ventures                                                         
39: R22         Acquisitions and divestitures                       HTML    139K 
40: R23         Intangibles                                         HTML    184K 
41: R24         Property, plant and equipment                       HTML    337K 
42: R25         Impairment and onerous contracts                    HTML    114K 
43: R26         Financial and capital risk management               HTML   1.52M 
44: R27         Financial assets and liabilities                    HTML    478K 
45: R28         Participative stockholders' debentures              HTML     60K 
46: R29         Loans, borrowings, leases, cash and cash            HTML    339K 
                equivalents and short-term investments                           
47: R30         Brumadinho dam failure                              HTML    151K 
48: R31         Liabilities related to associates and joint         HTML    127K 
                ventures                                                         
49: R32         Provisions                                          HTML    137K 
50: R33         Litigations                                         HTML    184K 
51: R34         Employee benefits                                   HTML   1.01M 
52: R35         Stockholders' equity                                HTML    233K 
53: R36         Related parties                                     HTML    263K 
54: R37         Commitments                                         HTML     69K 
55: R38         Basis of preparation of the financial statements    HTML    183K 
                (Policies)                                                       
56: R39         Basis of preparation of the financial statements    HTML     84K 
                (Tables)                                                         
57: R40         Information by business segment and by geographic   HTML    918K 
                area (Tables)                                                    
58: R41         Costs and expenses by nature (Tables)               HTML    155K 
59: R42         Financial result (Tables)                           HTML    116K 
60: R43         Income taxes (Tables)                               HTML    192K 
61: R44         Basic and diluted earnings (Loss) Per Share         HTML     95K 
                (Tables)                                                         
62: R45         Accounts receivable (Tables)                        HTML     83K 
63: R46         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     81K 
64: R47         Recoverable taxes (Tables)                          HTML     77K 
65: R48         Other financial assets and liabilities (Tables)     HTML    110K 
66: R49         Investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint   HTML    810K 
                ventures (Tables)                                                
67: R50         Acquisitions and divestitures (Tables)              HTML    127K 
68: R51         Intangibles (Tables)                                HTML    175K 
69: R52         Property, plant and equipment (Tables)              HTML    329K 
70: R53         Impairment and onerous contracts (Tables)           HTML     87K 
71: R54         Financial and capital risk management (Tables)      HTML   1.50M 
72: R55         Financial assets and liabilities (Tables)           HTML    477K 
73: R56         Loans, borrowings, leases, cash and cash            HTML    336K 
                equivalents and short-term investments (Tables)                  
74: R57         Brumadinho dam failure (Tables)                     HTML    122K 
75: R58         Liabilities related to associates and joint         HTML    111K 
                ventures (Tables)                                                
76: R59         Provisions (Tables)                                 HTML    135K 
77: R60         Litigations (Tables)                                HTML    162K 
78: R61         Employee benefits (Tables)                          HTML   1.00M 
79: R62         Stockholders' equity (Tables)                       HTML    223K 
80: R63         Related parties (Tables)                            HTML    263K 
81: R64         Commitments (Tables)                                HTML     67K 
82: R65         Basis of preparation of the financial statements -  HTML     62K 
                Presentation currency (Details)                                  
83: R66         Significant events in the current year (Details)    HTML    184K 
84: R67         Significant events in the current year -            HTML     68K 
                Coronavirus impact (Details)                                     
85: R68         Information by business segment and by geographic   HTML    147K 
                area - Adjusted EBITDA (Details)                                 
86: R69         Information by business segment and by geographic   HTML     97K 
                area - Adjusted EBITDA reconciled to net income                  
                (Loss) (Details)                                                 
87: R70         Information by business segment and by geographic   HTML     93K 
                area - Assets (Details)                                          
88: R71         Information by business segment and by geographic   HTML     93K 
                area - Assets by geographic area (Details)                       
89: R72         Information by business segment and by geographic   HTML    120K 
                area - Net operating revenue (Details)                           
90: R73         Information by business segment and by geographic   HTML     77K 
                area - Provisionally priced commodities sales                    
                (Details)                                                        
91: R74         Costs and expenses by nature - Cost of goods sold   HTML     83K 
                and services (Details)                                           
92: R75         Costs and expenses by nature - Selling and          HTML     70K 
                administrative (Details)                                         
93: R76         Costs and expenses by nature - Other (Details)      HTML     74K 
94: R77         Financial result (Details)                          HTML     97K 
95: R78         Streaming transactions (Details)                    HTML     78K 
96: R79         Income taxes - Deferred tax assets and liabilities  HTML     80K 
                (Details)                                                        
97: R80         Income taxes - Assets and liabilities (Details)     HTML     64K 
98: R81         Income taxes - Changes in deferred tax (Details)    HTML    134K 
99: R82         Income taxes - Income tax reconciliation (Details)  HTML     82K 
100: R83         Income taxes - Tax incentives (Details)             HTML     59K  
101: R84         Income taxes - Settlement program (Details)         HTML     65K  
102: R85         Income taxes - Uncertain tax provisions (Details)   HTML     68K  
103: R86         Basic and diluted earnings (Loss) Per Share         HTML     78K  
                (Details)                                                        
104: R87         Accounts receivable (Details)                       HTML     75K  
105: R88         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     67K  
106: R89         Recoverable taxes (Details)                         HTML     68K  
107: R90         Other financial assets and liabilities (Details)    HTML    101K  
108: R91         Investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint   HTML    154K  
                ventures - Guarantees provided (Details)                         
109: R92         Investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint   HTML     81K  
                ventures - Changes during the year (Details)                     
110: R93         Investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint   HTML    132K  
                ventures - Financial information (Details)                       
111: R94         Investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint   HTML    180K  
                ventures - Noncontrolling interest (Details)                     
112: R95         Acquisitions and divestitures - Ferrous Resources   HTML     94K  
                Limited (Details)                                                
113: R96         Acquisitions and divestitures - New Steel           HTML     78K  
                (Details)                                                        
114: R97         Acquisitions and divestitures - Option exercised    HTML     69K  
                in VLI shares (Details)                                          
115: R98         Acquisitions and divestitures - PT Vale Indonesia   HTML     71K  
                Tbk (Details)                                                    
116: R99         Acquisitions and divestitures - Henan Longyu        HTML     70K  
                Energy Resources (Details)                                       
117: R100        Acquisitions and divestitures - Ningbo Zhoushan     HTML     67K  
                Port (Details)                                                   
118: R101        Acquisitions and divestitures - Heads of Agreement  HTML     68K  
                (Details)                                                        
119: R102        Acquisitions and divestitures - Boston Metal        HTML     60K  
                (Details)                                                        
120: R103        Acquisitions and divestitures - Mineracoes          HTML     69K  
                Brasileiras Reunidas (Details)                                   
121: R104        Acquisitions and divestitures - Discontinued        HTML     80K  
                operations - Sale of Fertilizers assets (Details)                
122: R105        Acquisitions and divestitures - Results of          HTML     83K  
                discontinued operations (Details)                                
123: R106        Acquisitions and divestitures - Cash flows of       HTML     65K  
                discontinued operations (Details)                                
124: R107        Intangibles - (Details)                             HTML    110K  
125: R108        Intangibles - Early extension of railway            HTML     98K  
                concessions (Details)                                            
126: R109        Intangibles - Estimated useful lives (Details)      HTML     68K  
127: R110        Property, plant and equipment - Changes (Details)   HTML    150K  
128: R111        Property, plant and equipment - Leases (Details)    HTML     84K  
129: R112        Property, plant and equipment - Estimated useful    HTML     83K  
                lives (Details)                                                  
130: R113        Impairment and onerous contracts (Details)          HTML    106K  
131: R114        Impairment and onerous contracts - Loans            HTML     69K  
                receivable, Nacala BV (Details)                                  
132: R115        Impairment and onerous contracts - Ferrous          HTML     70K  
                Minerals (Details)                                               
133: R116        Impairment and onerous contracts - Other assets     HTML     73K  
                (Details)                                                        
134: R117        Financial and capital risk management - Effects of  HTML    116K  
                derivatives on statement of financial position and               
                Net exposure (Details)                                           
135: R118        Financial and capital risk management - Effects of  HTML    121K  
                derivatives on the income statement, cash flow and               
                other comprehensive income (Details)                             
136: R119        Financial and capital risk management - Protection  HTML    146K  
                programs for the R$ and EUR denominated debt                     
                instruments and other liabilities (Details)                      
137: R120        Financial and capital risk management - Protection  HTML     96K  
                program for Libor floating interest rate US$                     
                denominated debt (Details)                                       
138: R121        Financial and capital risk management - Brent       HTML    130K  
                Crude Oil and Gasoil purchase cash flows                         
                protection program (Details)                                     
139: R122        Financial and capital risk management - Freight     HTML     58K  
                derivative positions (Details)                                   
140: R123        Financial and capital risk management - Embedded    HTML     79K  
                derivatives in contracts (Details)                               
141: R124        Financial and capital risk management - Wheaton     HTML     68K  
                Precious Metals Corp. warrants (Details)                         
142: R125        Financial and capital risk management - Debentures  HTML     74K  
                convertible into shares (Details)                                
143: R126        Financial and capital risk management - Option      HTML     66K  
                related to SPE (Details)                                         
144: R127        Financial and capital risk management -             HTML    241K  
                Sensitivity analysis of derivative financial                     
                instruments (Details)                                            
145: R128        Financial and capital risk management - Financial   HTML     78K  
                instruments, except for accounts receivable                      
                (Details)                                                        
146: R129        Financial and capital risk management - Financial   HTML    106K  
                counterparties' ratings (Details)                                
147: R130        Financial assets and liabilities (Details)          HTML    152K  
148: R131        Financial assets and liabilities - Hierarchy of     HTML     92K  
                fair value (Details)                                             
149: R132        Financial assets and liabilities - Changes in       HTML     74K  
                Level 3 assets and liabilities - (Details)                       
150: R133        Financial assets and liabilities -Loans and         HTML     96K  
                financing (Details)                                              
151: R134        Participative stockholders' debentures (Details)    HTML     60K  
152: R135        Loans, borrowings, leases, cash and cash            HTML     73K  
                equivalents and short-term investments - Net debt                
                and Short-term investments (Details)                             
153: R136        Loans, borrowings, leases, cash and cash            HTML     64K  
                equivalents and short-term investments - Cash and                
                cash equivalents (Details)                                       
154: R137        Loans, borrowings, leases, cash and cash            HTML    103K  
                equivalents and short-term investments - Total                   
                debt (Details)                                                   
155: R138        Loans, borrowings, leases, cash and cash            HTML     74K  
                equivalents and short-term investments - Debt                    
                payments (Details)                                               
156: R139        Loans, borrowings, leases, cash and cash            HTML     63K  
                equivalents and short-term investments - Credit                  
                and financing lines (Details)                                    
157: R140        Loans, borrowings, leases, cash and cash            HTML     67K  
                equivalents and short-term investments - Funding                 
                (Details)                                                        
158: R141        Loans, borrowings, leases, cash and cash            HTML     90K  
                equivalents and short-term investments -                         
                Reconciliation of debt to cash flows arising from                
                financing activities (Details)                                   
159: R142        Loans, borrowings, leases, cash and cash            HTML     91K  
                equivalents and short-term investments - Lease                   
                liabilities (Details)                                            
160: R143        Loans, borrowings, leases, cash and cash            HTML     80K  
                equivalents and short-term investments - Discount                
                rates (Details)                                                  
161: R144        Loans, borrowings, leases, cash and cash            HTML    110K  
                equivalents and short-term investments - Annual                  
                minimum payments (Details)                                       
162: R145        Loans, borrowings, leases, cash and cash            HTML     60K  
                equivalents and short-term investments -                         
                Guarantees (Details)                                             
163: R146        Loans, borrowings, leases, cash and cash            HTML     58K  
                equivalents and short-term investments - Policy                  
                (Details)                                                        
164: R147        Brumadinho dam failure (Details)                    HTML     59K  
165: R148        Brumadinho dam failure - De-characterization of     HTML    109K  
                the upstream dams (Details)                                      
166: R149        Brumadinho dam failure - Global Settlement for      HTML     82K  
                Brumadinho (Details)                                             
167: R150        Brumadinho dam failure - Cash settlement            HTML     65K  
                obligation (Details)                                             
168: R151        Brumadinho dam failure - Provision for              HTML     62K  
                socio-economic reparation and others (Details)                   
169: R152        Brumadinho dam failure - Provision for individual   HTML     76K  
                indemnification and other commitments (Details)                  
170: R153        Brumadinho dam failure - De-characterization of     HTML     67K  
                other dams in Brazil (Details)                                   
171: R154        Brumadinho dam failure - Operation Stoppages        HTML     60K  
                (Details)                                                        
172: R155        Brumadinho dam failure - Assets write-off           HTML     59K  
                (Details)                                                        
173: R156        Brumadinho dam failure - Contingencies and other    HTML     68K  
                legal matters (Details)                                          
174: R157        Brumadinho dam failure - Requests for fines or      HTML     58K  
                forfeit of assets (Details)                                      
175: R158        Brumadinho dam failure - Arbitration proceedings    HTML     69K  
                in Brazil filed by shareholders and a class                      
                association (Details)                                            
176: R159        Brumadinho dam failure - Financial guarantees       HTML     61K  
                (Details)                                                        
177: R160        Liabilities related to associates and joint         HTML     83K  
                ventures - Movements (Details)                                   
178: R161        Liabilities related to associates and joint         HTML     88K  
                ventures - Summarized financial information                      
                (Details)                                                        
179: R162        Liabilities related to associates and joint         HTML     89K  
                ventures - Additional Information (Details)                      
180: R163        Provisions (Details)                                HTML     78K  
181: R164        Provisions - Asset retirement obligations           HTML     77K  
                (Details)                                                        
182: R165        Provisions - Asset retirement obligations -         HTML     74K  
                Changes in long-term interest rates (Details)                    
183: R166        Litigations - Changes (Details)                     HTML    103K  
184: R167        Litigations - Contingent liabilities (Details)      HTML     90K  
185: R168        Litigations - Judicial deposits (Details)           HTML     70K  
186: R169        Litigations - Contingencies assets (Details)        HTML     90K  
187: R170        Employee benefits - Change in benefit obligation    HTML     88K  
                (Details)                                                        
188: R171        Employee benefits - Evolution of assets fair value  HTML     85K  
                (Details)                                                        
189: R172        Employee benefits - Reconciliation of net           HTML    126K  
                liabilities recognized in the statement of                       
                financial position (Details)                                     
190: R173        Employee benefits - Costs recognized in the income  HTML     73K  
                statement (Details)                                              
191: R174        Employee benefits - Costs recognized in the         HTML     93K  
                statement of comprehensive income (Details)                      
192: R175        Employee benefits - Actuarial and economic          HTML    119K  
                assumptions and sensitivity analysis (Details)                   
193: R176        Employee benefits - Assets of pension plans         HTML     66K  
                (Details)                                                        
194: R177        Employee benefits - Overfunded pension plans -      HTML    105K  
                Assets by category (Details)                                     
195: R178        Employee benefits - Overfunded pension plans -      HTML     86K  
                Measurement of assets at fair value (Details)                    
196: R179        Employee benefits - Underfunded pension plans -     HTML    104K  
                Assets by category (Details)                                     
197: R180        Employee benefits - Underfunded pension plans,      HTML     83K  
                Measurement of plan assets at fair value (Details)               
198: R181        Employee benefits - Expected benefit payments       HTML     87K  
                (Details)                                                        
199: R182        Employee benefits - Profit sharing program ("Plr")  HTML     58K  
                (Details)                                                        
200: R183        Employee benefits - Long term compensation plan     HTML     75K  
                (Details)                                                        
201: R184        Stockholders' equity - Share capital (Details)      HTML     99K  
202: R185        Stockholders' equity - Shares in treasury           HTML     62K  
                (Details)                                                        
203: R186        Stockholders' equity - Company's remuneration       HTML     71K  
                policy (Details)                                                 
204: R187        Stockholders' equity - Remuneration to the          HTML     97K  
                Company's stockholders (Details)                                 
205: R188        Stockholders' equity - Profit reserves (Details)    HTML     86K  
206: R189        Stockholders' equity - Others reserves (Details)    HTML     83K  
207: R190        Stockholders' equity - Shareholders' Agreement      HTML     60K  
                (Details)                                                        
208: R191        Related parties - Transactions with related         HTML     70K  
                parties (Details)                                                
209: R192        Related parties - Outstanding balances with         HTML     86K  
                related parties (Details)                                        
210: R193        Related parties - Loans (Details)                   HTML     64K  
211: R194        Related parties - Key management personnel          HTML     72K  
                remuneration (Details)                                           
212: R195        Commitments - Contractual obligations (Details)     HTML     61K  
213: R196        Commitments - Guarantees provided (Details)         HTML     63K  
215: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    419K  
214: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    344K  
12: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- vale-20201231                       XML  19.26M 
14: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- vale-20201231_cal               XML    435K 
15: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- vale-20201231_def                XML   2.58M 
16: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- vale-20201231_lab                     XML   4.14M 
17: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- vale-20201231_pre              XML   3.57M 
13: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- vale-20201231                         XSD    825K 
216: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001047469-21-000687-xbrl      Zip    752K  


‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — vale-20201231_pre


This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.


                                                                                                                                                                                
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 4/19/24  Vale S.A.                         20-F       12/31/23  240:61M                                    MZ Technologies/FA
 4/13/23  Vale S.A.                         20-F       12/31/22  236:45M                                    MZ Technologies/FA
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 9/21/16  BHP Group Ltd.                    20-F        6/30/16   12:14M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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