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
December 2011

Vale S.A.

Avenida Graça Aranha, No. 26
20030-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
(Address of principal executive office)

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Press Release

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Vale normalizes shipments from Pier I at Ponta da Madeira Maritime Terminal

Rio de Janeiro, December 6, 2011 — Vale S.A. (Vale) announces that the vessel owned and operated by the Korean company STX Pan Ocean was removed from Pier I at Ponta da Madeira Maritime terminal and towed to an anchorage area, defined by the Brazilian Navy and other competent authorities.

In this area, STX Pan Ocean will be able to safely continue to work and analyze the damages and necessary repairs of the vessel that was designed and built by STX Pan Ocean. Vale will keep following the actions to be taken by the STX Pan Ocean.

Iron ore shipments from Pier I will be normalized and the next ship berthing operation is scheduled for today’s afternoon. During the period in which the Pier I was not operating, we estimate that 750,000 metric tons of iron ore were not loaded into ships.

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.