Vale S.A. — Regulatory Filings 2012

Mar 19, 2012

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Press Release

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Vale informs on railway bridge accident

Rio de Janeiro, March 19, 2012 – Vale S.A. (Vale) informs that the train operations at the Estrada de Ferro Carajás (EF Carajás) stopped due to a collapse, last Friday, March 16, of a metal structure under construction in the bridge over the Mearim river in the state of Maranhão, Brazil.

Vale has taken all the necessary measures to restore the railway traffic and estimates that the situation will be normalized from tomorrow, Tuesday, March 20.

The expected loss of iron ore shipment volumes in the maritime terminal of Ponta da Madeira is relatively small, of 300,000 metric tons. This reduction may be offset by the better shipping performance in Tubarão, Ilha de Guaíba and Itaguaí terminals.

For further information, please contact: +55-21-3814-4540 Roberto Castello Branco: roberto.castello.branco@vale.com Viktor Moszkowicz: viktor.moszkowicz@vale.com Carla Albano Miller: carla.albano@vale.com Andrea Gutman: andrea.gutman@vale.com Christian Perlingiere: christian.perlingiere@vale.com Fernando Frey: fernando.frey@vale.com Marcio Loures Penna: marcio.penna@vale.com Samantha Pons: samantha.pons@vale.com Thomaz Freire: thomaz.freire@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.