49/100BVale SA company profile
- CEO
- Gustavo Duarte Pimenta
- Employees
- 65,805
- Headquarters
- Praia de Botafogo 186, Rio De Janeiro, RJ 22250-145, BR
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Industrial Materials
- IPO date
- 21 Mar 2002
- Stock exchange
- NYSE
- ISIN
- US91912E1055
Website:vale.com
About the company
Operating globally and within Brazil, Vale S.A. is a major producer and seller of essential raw materials, including iron ore, iron ore pellets, nickel, and copper. Its operations are organized into two primary segments. The Iron Solutions segment is dedicated to the extraction and production of iron ore, pellets, and various other ferrous products, also providing crucial logistics services. Meanwhile, the Energy Transition Materials segment specializes in mining nickel, along with its valuable by-products such as gold, silver, cobalt, and other precious metals. This segment also handles copper, primarily used in construction for piping and electrical cables. Established in 1942, the company was formerly known as Companhia Vale do Rio Doce before officially rebranding as Vale S.A. in May 2009. Vale S.A. is headquartered in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
Employees
Vale SA had about 65,805 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 1.8% more than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns Vale SA
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 19.3% of Vale SA's shares on 30 June 2026, 603 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Common questions about Vale SA
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