Rio de Janeiro, March 20, 2013 - Vale S.A.

(Vale) informs that effective today it has lifted force majeure (FM) on a number of its coal sales contracts in Mozambique.

FM was declared on February 15, 2013 following heavy rainfall since early February in Tete, Mozambique, creating serious challenges to the Linha do Sena railway, thus impacting shipments of metallurgical coal at approximately 500,000 metric tons.