Form 6-K
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United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of
June 2009
Vale S.A.
Avenida Graça Aranha, No. 26
20030-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
(Address of principal executive office)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
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(PRESS RELEASE)
Vale settles 2009 benchmark iron ore and pellet prices with ArcelorMittal
Rio de Janeiro, June 19, 2009 — Vale S.A. (Vale) concluded the iron ore and pellet price negotiations for 2009 with ArcelorMittal Sourcing S.C.A (ArcelorMittal).
As an outcome of these negotiations, the iron ore prices for fines decreased by 28.2% and for lumps by 44.47% relatively to the 2008 benchmark prices.
Therefore, the new reference prices per dry metric ton Fe unit for 2009 are US$ 0.9651 for Southern and Southeastern System fines (SSF), US$ 1.0095 for Carajás sinter feed (SFCJ), and US$ 1.0962 for Southern System lump.
The pellet price decreased by 48.3% relatively to 2008 and the new reference price per dry metric ton Fe unit for 2009 is US$ 1.1384 for blast furnace pellets and US$ 1.2523 for direct reduction pellets.
For further information, please contact:
+55-21-3814-4540
Roberto Castello Branco: [email protected]
Alessandra Gadelha: [email protected]
Patricia Calazans: [email protected]
Roberta Coutinho: [email protected]
Theo Penedo: [email protected]
Tacio Neto: [email protected]
This press release may include declarations about Vale’s expectations regarding future events or results. All declarations based upon future expectations, rather than historical facts, are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Vale cannot guarantee that such declarations will prove to be correct. These risks and uncertainties include factors related to the following: (a) the countries where Vale operates, mainly Brazil and Canada; (b) the global economy; (c) capital markets; (d) the mining and metals businesses and their dependence upon global industrial production, which is cyclical by nature; and (e) the high degree of global competition in the markets in which Vale operates. To obtain further information on factors that may give rise to results different from those forecast by Vale, please consult the reports filed with the Brazilian Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM), the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), and with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including Vale’s most recent Annual Report on Form 20F and its reports on Form 6K.

 


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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
Date: June 19, 2009  Vale S.A.
(Registrant)
 
 
  By:   /s/ Roberto Castello Branco    
    Roberto Castello Branco   
    Director of Investor Relations