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<td><b>a)</b> In connection with a tax-advantaged lease financing arrangement sponsored by the
French Government, we provided certain guarantees on December 30, 2004 on
behalf of Vale Inco New Caledonia S.A.S. (VINC) pursuant to which we guaranteed
payments due from VINC of up to a maximum amount of US$100 (“Maximum Amount”) in connection with
an indemnity. This guarantee was provided to BNP Paribas for the benefit of the tax
investors of GniFi, the special purpose vehicle which owns a portion of the assets in our nickel
cobalt processing plant in New Caledonia (“Girardin Assets”). We also provided an
additional guarantee covering the payments due from VINC of (a) amounts exceeding the Maximum
Amount in connection with the indemnity and (b) certain other amounts payable by VINC under a
lease agreement covering the Girardin Assets. This guarantee was provided to
BNP Paribas for the benefit of GniFi.</td>
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<td>Another commitment incorporated in the tax–advantaged lease financing arrangement was that
the Girardin Assets would be substantially complete by December 31, 2009. In light of the delay
in the start up of VINC processing facilities the December 31, 2009 substantially complete date
was not met. Management proposed an extension to the substantially complete date from December
31, 2009 to December 31, 2010. Both the French government authorities and the tax investors have
agreed to this extension, though a signed waiver has not yet been received from the tax
investors. The French tax authorities issued their signed extension on March 12, 2010.
Accordingly the benefits of the financing structure are fully expected to be maintained and we
anticipate that there will be no recapture of the tax advantages provided under this financing
structure.</td>
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<td>In 2009, two new bank guarantees totaling US$58 (€43) were established by us on behalf of VINC in
favour of the South Province of New Caledonia in order to guarantee the performance of VINC with
respect to certain environmental obligations in relation to the metallurgical plant and the Kwe
West residue storage facility.</td>
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<td>Sumic Nickel Netherlands B.V. (“Sumic”), a 21% stockholder of VINC, has a put option to sell to
us 25%, 50%, or 100% of the shares they own of VINC. The put option can be exercised if the
defined cost of the initial nickel-cobalt development project, as measured by funding provided to
VINC, in natural currencies and converted to U.S. dollars at specified rates of exchange, in the
form of Girardin funding, shareholder loans and equity contributions by shareholders to VINC,
exceeded $4.2 billion and an agreement cannot be reached on how to proceed with the project. On
February 15, 2010, we formally amended our agreement with Sumic to increase the threshold to
approximately $4.6 billion at specified rates of exchange.</td>
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<td>We provided a guarantee covering certain termination payments due from VINC to the supplier under
an electricity supply agreement (“ESA”) entered into in October 2004 for the VINC project. The
amount of the termination payments guaranteed depends upon a number of factors, including whether
any termination of the ESA is a result of a default by VINC and the date on which an early
termination of the ESA were to occur. During the first quarter of 2010 the supply of electricity
under the ESA to the project began, and the guaranteed amount now decreases over the life of the
ESA from its maximum amount. As at March 31, 2010 the guarantee was US $180 (Euro 133).</td>
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<td>In February 2009, we and our subsidiary, Vale Inco Newfoundland and Labrador Limited (“VINL”),
entered into a fourth amendment to the Voisey’s Bay Development agreement with the Government of
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that permitted VINL to ship up to 55,000 metric tonnes of
nickel concentrate from the Voisey’s Bay area mines. As part of the agreement, VINL agreed to
provide the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador financial assurance in the form of letters of
credit each in the amount of US$16 (CAD$16) for each shipment of nickel concentrate shipped out
of the province from January 1, 2009 to August 31, 2009. The amount of this financial assurance
was US$110 (CAD$112) based on seven shipments of nickel concentrate and as of March 31, 2010,
US$36 (CAD$36) remains outstanding.</td>
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<td>As of March 31, 2010, there was an additional US$124 in letters of credit issued and outstanding
pursuant to our syndicate revolving credit facility, as well as an additional US$41 of letters of
credit and US$44 in bank guarantees that were issued and outstanding. These are associated with
environmental reclamation and other operating associated items such as insurance, electricity
commitments and import and export duties.</td>
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<td><b>b)</b> We and our subsidiaries are defendants in numerous legal actions in the normal course of
business. Based on the advice of our legal counsel, management believes that the amounts
recognized are sufficient to cover probable losses in connection with such actions.</td>
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<td align="right">384</td>
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<td align="right">307</td>
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<td align="right">511</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">194</td>
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<td> </td>
<td align="right">489</td>
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<td align="right">175</td>
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<td> </td>
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<td align="right">29</td>
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<td> </td>
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<td align="right">4</td>
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<td align="right">35</td>
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<td align="right">4</td>
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<td>Labor and social security — related actions principally comprise of claims by Brazilian employees
and former employees for (i) payment of time spent traveling from their residences to the
work-place, (ii) additional health and safety related payments and (iii) various other matters,
often in connection with disputes about the amount of indemnities paid upon dismissal and the
one-third extra holiday pay.</td>
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<td>Civil — actions principally related to claims made against us by contractors in Brazil in
connection with losses alleged to have been incurred by them as a result of various past
Government economic plans during which full inflation indexation of contracts was not permitted,
as well, as for accidents and land appropriation disputes.</td>
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<td>Tax – tax-related actions principally comprise of challenges initiated by us, on certain taxes on
revenues and uncertain tax positions. We continue to vigorously pursue our interests in all the
above actions but recognize that we probably will incur some losses in the final instance, for
which we have made provisions.</td>
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<td>Judicial deposits are made by us following the court requirements, in order to be entitled to
either initiate or continue a legal action. These amounts are released to us, upon receipt of a
final favorable outcome from the legal action; in the case of an unfavorable outcome, the
deposits are transferred to the prevailing party.</td>
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<td>Contingencies settled during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2010, December 31, 2009 and
March 31, 2009, totaled US$55, US$58, US$18, respectively. Provisions recognized in the
three-month periods ended March 31, 2010, December 31, 2009 and March 31, 2009, totaled US$70,
US$137, US$49, respectively, classified as other operating expenses.</td>
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<td>In addition to the contingencies for which we have made provisions, we are defendants in claims
where in our opinion, and based on the advice of our legal counsel, the likelihood of loss is
possible but not probable, in the total amount of US$4,344 at March 31, 2010, and for which no
provision has been made (December 31, 2009 – US$4,190).</td>
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<td><b>c)</b> At the time of our privatization in 1997, the Company issued debentures to its then-existing
stockholders, including the Brazilian Government. The terms of the debentures, were set to ensure
that the pre-privatization stockholders, including the Brazilian Government would participate in
possible future financial benefits that could be obtained from exploiting certain mineral
resources.</td>
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<td>A total of 388,559,056 Debentures were issued at a par value of R $0.01 (one cent), whose value
will be restated in accordance with the variation in the General Market Price Index (IGP-M), as
set forth in the Issue Deed.</td>
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<td>The debentures holders has the right to receive premiums, paid semiannually, equivalent to a
percentage of net revenues from specific mine resources as set forth in the indenture.</td>
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<td>In April 2010 (subsequent period) we paid remuneration on these debentures of US $5.</td>
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<td>We use various judgments and assumptions when measuring our asset retirement obligations.</td>
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<td>Changes in circumstances, law or technology may affect our estimates and we periodically review
the amounts accrued and adjust them as necessary. Our accruals do not reflect unasserted claims
because we are currently not aware of any such issues. Also the amounts provided are not reduced
by any potential recoveries under cost sharing, insurance or indemnification arrangements because
such recoveries are considered uncertain.</td>
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<td>The changes in the provisions for asset retirement obligations are as follows:</td>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="10" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>Three-month period ended (unaudited)</b></td>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>March 31, 2010</b></td>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>December 31, 2009</b></td>
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<td align="right"><b>1,116</b></td>
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<td align="right"><b>1,102</b></td>
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<td align="right"><b>887</b></td>
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<td align="right">27</td>
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<td align="right">31</td>
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<td align="right">6</td>
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<td align="right">(8</td>
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<td align="right">(21</td>
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<td align="right">(3</td>
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<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Revisions in estimated cash flows
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<td align="right">(2</td>
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<td align="right">(14</td>
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<td align="right">(9</td>
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<td align="right">(4</td>
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<td align="right">18</td>
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<td align="right">(4</td>
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<td align="right"><b>1,129</b></td>
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<td align="right"><b>1,116</b></td>
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<td align="right"><b>877</b></td>
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<td align="right">79</td>
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<td align="right">89</td>
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<td align="right">38</td>
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<td align="right">1,050</td>
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<td align="right">1,027</td>
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<td align="right">839</td>
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<td align="right"><b>1,129</b></td>
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<td align="right"><b>1,116</b></td>
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<td align="right"><b>877</b></td>
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