Rio de Janeiro, August 20, 2014 - Vale S.A. (Vale) informs that it has obtained the preliminary environmental license (LP) to EIA Global, issued by the Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (IBAMA).

 

The licensing for EIA Global comprises the expansion of N4WS, N5S, Morro I and Morro II pits, which encompass 1.8 billion tons of reserves, and the permit for waste stockpiles in the Northern System in Carajás, Brazil.

 

The next step in the environmental licensing process is to obtain the installation and operation licenses, as well as the authorization for vegetation suppression.

 

 

                                                                                                

 

For further information, please contact:

+55-21-3814-4540

Rogerio Nogueira: rogerio.nogueira@vale.com

Andre Figueiredo: andre.figueiredo@vale.com

Carla Albano Miller: carla.albano@vale.com

Andrea Gutman: andrea.gutman@vale.com:
mailto:andrea.gutman@vale.com

Claudia Rodrigues: claudia.rodrigues@vale.com

Marcelo Bonança Correa: marcelo.bonanca@vale.com

Marcelo Lobato: marcelo.lobato@vale.com

Marcio Loures Penna: marcio.penna@vale.com

 

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 and not on historical facts, 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), the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, and in particular the factors discussed under "Forward-Looking Statements" and "Risk Factors" in Vale's annual report on Form 20-F.

 

Vale obtains preliminary environmental license to EIA Global:
http://hugin.info/144918/R/1850175/645953.pdf


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