RIO DE JANEIRO, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vale (NYSE: VALE & VALE.P) (BOVESPA: VALE3 & VALE5) (EURONEXT PARIS: VALE3 & VALE5) announces the following Webcast:

    What:     1st Quarter 2009 Results of Vale
    When:     Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 10:00 EDT - 11:00 a.m. Rio de Janeiro
    Where:    http://www.prnewswireweb.com.br/player/?id=401
    How:      Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the
              address above.
    Contact:  Valeria Gomes, Vale, + 55 21 3814-4540, or e-mail, rio@vale.com

If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived at http://www.vale.com . To access the replay, click on Investor Relations Section.

Vale is the largest diversified mining company in the Americas and the second largest company in the global metals & mining industry, with an average market capitalization of approximately US$ 70.5 billion in 1Q09. Vale shares are traded on the NYSE (VALE and VALE.P), on the Euronext Paris (Vale3 and Vale5), on the BOVESPA (Vale3 and Vale5) and on Latibex (XVALP and XVALO). The ADR depositary agent is JP Morgan Chase. Vale is the world's largest producer and exporter of iron ore and pellets, the world's second largest producer of nickel and one of the leading producers of manganese and ferro-alloys. It also produces coal, copper, bauxite, kaolin, potash, alumina and aluminum. Vale is the largest logistics service provider in Brazil, where it owns and operates a series of railroads and ports.

SOURCE Vale