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BY-LAWS
COMPANHIA VALE DO RIO DOCE
CHAPTER I - NAME, PURPOSE, HEAD OFFICE AND DURATION
Article 1 – Vale S.A., referred to in abbreviated form as Vale, is a joint-stock company
governed by the present By-Laws and by applicable legislation.
Article 2 - The purpose of the company is:
I.
the exploitation of mineral deposits in Brazil and abroad by means of extraction,
processing, industrialization, transportation, shipment and commerce of mineral
assets;
II.
the building and operation of railways and the exploitation of own or third party rail
traffic;
III.
the building and operation of own or third party marine terminals, and the
exploitation of nautical activities for the provision of support within the harbor;
IV.
the provision of logistics services integrated with cargo transport, comprising
generation, storage, transshipment, distribution and delivery within the context of a
multimodal transport system;
V.
the production, processing, transport, industrialization and commerce of all and any
source and form of energy, also involving activities of production, generation,
transmission, distribution and commerce of its products, derivatives and subproducts;
VI.
the carrying-on, in Brazil or abroad, of other activities that may be of direct or indirect
consequence for the achievement of its corporate purpose, including research,
industrialization, purchase and sale, importation and exportation, the exploitation,
industrialization and commerce of forest resources and the provision of services of
any kind whatsoever;
VII.
constituting or participating in any fashion in other companies, consortia or
associations directly or indirectly related to its business purpose.
Article 3 - The head office and legal venue of the company shall be in the city of Rio de
Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, the company being empowered for the better realization
of its a