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Building the Vale of the future

Vale has an essential role to play in the energy transition

Vale will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2042 and is preparing for this milestone by reflecting on current business operations and the key factors that will be critical to its success in the upcoming decades. This forward-looking exercise underscores the role of sustainability as a strategic lever for value creation and the longevity of the company. 

Our purpose, values, key behaviors, levers, and ambitions are as follows:
Vale 2030: a trusted partner with the most competitive and resilient portfolio.
Our vision is to establish ourselves as global leaders in mining, recognized for our superior portfolio, performance-driven culture, and reputation as a trusted partner. Vale’s pillars for 2030 aim to create shared value for our stakeholders.

Our strategic pillars:

Superior Portfolio

Focus on a high-quality and flexible iron ore portfolio, on customer-oriented solutions, and on accelerating growth in the copper segment, supporting the growing demand for copper in renewable energy technologies, electrification, and green infrastructure.

Results-Driven

Foster a results-oriented culture, with emphasis on safety, operational excellence, and innovation. 

Trusted Partner

Build greater trust through increased transparency, cultivating institutional relationships, and generating positive impacts on society and the environment. 

We exist to improve life and transform the future. Together.

Superior Portfolio

We have developed a high-quality, flexible, resilient, and competitive iron ore portfolio, capable of performing well under any market scenario. This strategy enhances the value of our unique and irreplicable assets and ensures our ability to swiftly adapt our solutions to evolving market demands.

We are focused on our customers’ needs and uniquely positioned to be the natural partner of choice for product supply. We adopt a technical and collaborative approach, swiftly aligning our solutions with market trends and ensuring a stable and continuous supply to our clients.

To meet the growing demand driven by the expansion of renewable energy, electrification, and green infrastructure, we are accelerating the growth of our copper production—primarily in the Carajás region—leveraging our unique mineral endowment and synergies with the region’s existing infrastructure. 
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Photographer: Marcelo Coelho

Performance-Driven

Safety and operational excellence are core to our values and culture. We are progressing toward becoming an industry benchmark in both areas. With consistency, we improve our performance, increase the reliability of our operations, and ensure the integrity of our assets.

We foster a performance-driven culture, focused on results. Our competitiveness stems from being an agile company, with increasing diversity, a more inclusive environment, and a strong commitment to talent development. We are innovators in our business and actively encourage the development of digital solutions throughout the company, incorporating technological advances to operate more efficiently every day. We are making progress in circular mining by investing in tailings reprocessing, while seeking to maximize resource utilization.
A Vale's employee wearing protective gear, including a helmet and heat-resistant clothing, working near a furnace with molten metal. The worker is leaning forward and appears to be handling or monitoring the molten material. The background includes industrial equipment and the bright glow of the furnace fire.

Photographer: Marcelo Coelho

Trusted Partner

We recognize the importance of strengthening our relationships with society, communities, authorities, and all our stakeholders, based on transparency and respect. We establish open and transparent dialogue and work directly with our stakeholders to foster consensus on shared goals and actions that empower communities and support local socioeconomic development.

We are committed to generating positive impacts for people and nature while continuously working to reduce our operational impacts. To this end, we collaborate with local communities—particularly Indigenous peoples and traditional communities—and support conservation efforts, especially in the Amazon rainforest.

We are continually enhancing our transparency to rebuild trust with our stakeholders. We provide clear and accurate information about our performance, our progress toward sustainability goals, and our efforts to manage and meet the expectations of local communities and regulators. By promoting a culture of transparency, we aim to strengthen our position as a responsible and trusted partner in the mining industry. 
A Vale's employee wearing protective gear, including a helmet and heat-resistant clothing, working near a furnace with molten metal. The worker is leaning forward and appears to be handling or monitoring the molten material. The background includes industrial equipment and the bright glow of the furnace fire.

Photographer: Marcelo Coelho