Form 6-K
 
 
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)
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Rio de Janeiro, June 19, 2009 – Vale S.A. (Vale) informs that signed together with Dongkuk Steel Mill, Co, one of the largest steel producers in South Korea, and Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP), a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Brazilian State of Ceará and the municipality of São Gonçalo do Amarante, State of Ceará, Brazil, relative to the construction of a steel slab plant with an initial production capacity of 3 million tons per year.

The estimated capex to be disbursed by CSP is US$ 4 billion. Vale’s investment has not been determined yet and it is subject to our Board of Directors approval, as disclosed in our 2008 annual report Form 20F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 28, 2009.

For further information, please contact:
+55-21-3814-4540
Roberto Castello Branco: roberto.castello.branco@vale.com
Alessandra Gadelha: alessandra.gadelha@vale.com
Patricia Calazans: patricia.calazans@vale.com
Roberta Coutinho: roberta.coutinho@vale.com
Theo Penedo: theo.penedo@vale.com
Tacio Neto: tacio.neto@vale.com

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.

 

 

Signatures

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.

     
 
   Vale S.A.
 
   (Registrant)
 
 
Date: June 19, 2009
  By: /s/ Roberto Castello Branco
 
   Roberto Castello Branco
 
   Director of Investor Relations