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At Vale, we innovate to transform the future.
Innovation is present in different areas of Vale and plays a central role in the evolution of mining, making it more efficient, sustainable, and safe.
How are we building the future
Inspired by our purpose to improve life and transform the future together, we work tirelessly to make our operations increasingly reliable and generate shared value with society.
Automation and artificial intelligence make our operations more agile, productive, and safe, reducing people's exposure to risk.
Sustainability guides our solutions. We innovate every day to minimize environmental impacts, reuse waste, and mitigate climate change.
Get to know a bit about Vale's innovation strategy:
Automation and artificial intelligence make our operations more agile, productive, and safe, reducing people's exposure to risk.
Sustainability guides our solutions. We innovate every day to minimize environmental impacts, reuse waste, and mitigate climate change.
Get to know a bit about Vale's innovation strategy:
We transform the future of mining every day!
In our operations, technology is not a support - it is the protagonist. From smart sensors to artificial intelligence, each innovation we implement reduces risks, optimizes processes, and brings us closer to a safer, more efficient, and sustainable mining model.
Innovation is born from connection.
We are integrated into the end-to-end value chain, listening to our customers, anticipating demands, and creating solutions that truly make a difference. Customized products and services, created side by side with partners, generate value and strengthen our role in the future of the industry.
We are integrated into the end-to-end value chain, listening to our customers, anticipating demands, and creating solutions that truly make a difference. Customized products and services, created side by side with partners, generate value and strengthen our role in the future of the industry.
Our way of working is also innovative.
Teams spread around the world collaborate without barriers, sharing knowledge and accelerating deliveries. More than efficiency, this model attracts diverse talents and creates an environment where innovation happens naturally - because it comes from different perspectives, experiences, and cultures.
Teams spread around the world collaborate without barriers, sharing knowledge and accelerating deliveries. More than efficiency, this model attracts diverse talents and creates an environment where innovation happens naturally - because it comes from different perspectives, experiences, and cultures.
We digitize processes, we transform people.
From the mine floor to strategic decisions, we adopt new ways of working that combine technology and human talent. Agile tools, real-time data integration, and intelligent automation allow us to focus on what really matters: creating innovative and sustainable solutions.
From the mine floor to strategic decisions, we adopt new ways of working that combine technology and human talent. Agile tools, real-time data integration, and intelligent automation allow us to focus on what really matters: creating innovative and sustainable solutions.
Our commitment is to the future.
Renewable energies drive our business, new mining technologies reduce emissions, and environmental projects accelerate the recovery of degraded areas. Here, innovation is not just efficiency - it's positive impact, inside and outside the company.
Renewable energies drive our business, new mining technologies reduce emissions, and environmental projects accelerate the recovery of degraded areas. Here, innovation is not just efficiency - it's positive impact, inside and outside the company.
The impossible challenges us.
What once seemed distant, is today under development within our Innovation Hubs. We work side by side with universities, startups, and experts to turn bold ideas into reality. And when a unique solution comes to life, it not only changes Vale - it redefines the entire sector.
What once seemed distant, is today under development within our Innovation Hubs. We work side by side with universities, startups, and experts to turn bold ideas into reality. And when a unique solution comes to life, it not only changes Vale - it redefines the entire sector.
Investing in tomorrow with Research, Development and Innovation
We invest in Research, Development, and Innovation to explore future trends and advanced technologies through our Vale Innovation and Technology Centers.
Our Centers are spaces dedicated to applied research, where innovation and engineering meet to anticipate trends and develop solutions for more efficient, safe and sustainable mining. That's where we transform knowledge into real impact — for Vale, for the sector, and for society.
Our Centers are spaces dedicated to applied research, where innovation and engineering meet to anticipate trends and develop solutions for more efficient, safe and sustainable mining. That's where we transform knowledge into real impact — for Vale, for the sector, and for society.
The Vale Technological Institute (ITV) plays an essential role in this journey, conducting scientific research and generating knowledge for a more sustainable future. With units in Belém/PA and Ouro Preto/MG, ITV seeks new solutions to transform the mining chain and contribute to socio-environmental development.
In addition to conducting research, ITV also plays a crucial role in talent development, preparing professionals to apply their knowledge and foster innovations in science, technology, and sustainability. Only between 2023 and 2024, more than 190 students graduated, ready to contribute with their skills and expertise to the advancement of these areas.
In addition to conducting research, ITV also plays a crucial role in talent development, preparing professionals to apply their knowledge and foster innovations in science, technology, and sustainability. Only between 2023 and 2024, more than 190 students graduated, ready to contribute with their skills and expertise to the advancement of these areas.
Innovation Hubs
The Vale Innovation Hubs provide an environment, both physical and virtual, suitable for the development of talents, through theoretical training and practical experiences. In addition, they carry out the identification of problems related to Vale's strategy, to test prototypes and scale solutions. This approach provokes a new way of working and is essential to stimulate ideas, collaboration, and fast learning.
The Innovation Hubs operate in a network and franchise models, which means that multidisciplinary teams, geographically distributed, come together to address common problems, promoting collaboration between Vale's areas and external innovation actors.
More than integrating into daily operations, Hubs act as powerful environments for the democratization of Innovation at Vale, they are levers in the end-to-end innovation process. They connect people, initiatives, and business areas, fostering the creation of innovative solutions with real impact. Furthermore, they have a set of tools and methodologies that enable an agile and structured approach to problem solving.
More than integrating into daily operations, Hubs act as powerful environments for the democratization of Innovation at Vale, they are levers in the end-to-end innovation process. They connect people, initiatives, and business areas, fostering the creation of innovative solutions with real impact. Furthermore, they have a set of tools and methodologies that enable an agile and structured approach to problem solving.
Stay on top of Vale's innovative initiatives
Belt Groove Detector
A computer vision-based solution has been applied in Vale's operations to detect, in less than three seconds, tears or grooves in conveyor belts and automatically trigger the equipment's stop, preventing further damage. Integrated into the operating systems, the feature increases the reliability of operations, reduces costs with corrective maintenance, and eliminates the need for manual inspections in risk areas.
Sustainable PET Suppressor
Turning waste into innovative solutions is part of our commitment to the environment. With the Sustainable PET Suppressor, we redefine the destination of plastic bottles, transforming them into an efficient resin for dust control in ore and coal piles. This technology not only reduces environmental impacts, but also drives the circular economy, generating opportunities for waste picker associations and promoting the reuse of materials that would otherwise be discarded.
Briquette
Innovation in mining directly reflects on the industrial chain. The briquette is a product developed to make steel production more efficient and sustainable. Its differential lies in the composition and the production process, which demand less energy and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This solution represents a concrete step towards the decarbonization of the steel industry, balancing operational performance and environmental commitment.
Tailings Sand
The tailings sand emerges as an innovative alternative that reuses this material, reducing the need for new dams and decreasing the extraction of natural sand.
This solution contributes to a more sustainable mining model, ensuring that resources are used more efficiently and with less impact on the environment.
This solution contributes to a more sustainable mining model, ensuring that resources are used more efficiently and with less impact on the environment.
SmartMine
An initiative that applies artificial intelligence embedded in off-road trucks to optimize operational speed and reduce fuel consumption, promoting gains in efficiency, safety, and sustainability in mine operations. She is part of a set of innovative solutions from Vale aimed at digitization and automation, reinforcing the company's commitment to smarter and less environmentally impactful mining.
Open Innovation
We believe that knowledge is strengthened when it is shared. By collaborating with universities, startups, research centers and partner companies, we expand our possibilities to learn, create and transform.
Open innovation connects us to different visions and accelerates the development of solutions that generate value for mining and society.
Open innovation connects us to different visions and accelerates the development of solutions that generate value for mining and society.
We connect internal challenges to external solutions through partnerships with innovation hubs, startups, and research institutions. This network expands our access to technologies and ideas, strengthening innovation at Vale.
We believe that knowledge is strengthened when it is shared. By collaborating with universities, startups, research centers and partner companies, we expand our possibilities to learn, create and transform. Open innovation connects us to different visions and accelerates the development of solutions that generate value for mining and society.
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Awards and Recognitions
Awards and recognitions reflect our ongoing journey in innovation and the commitment to solutions that transform mining.
Get to know some of the recognitions we have achieved:
Get to know some of the recognitions we have achieved:
ABESCO / COBEE
- The Brazilian Congress on Energy Efficiency (COBEE 2025): Award in the Research, Innovation, and Energy Transition category, with the project VESO – Vale Emission Systemic Optimizer.
Valor Innovation Brazil Award
- 1st Place – Mining, Metallurgy, and Steel Industry
- 12th Place – Overall Ranking
InovaPortos
- 3rd Place – Innovative Company Award
INOVAINFRA
- Sustainable Technologies Award in Pit Opening
Minérios & Minerales Magazine Excellence Award:
- 1st Place – Technological Innovation Project for optimizing the assembly and replacement of yard machinery
- 1st Place – Autonomous tire inspection using thermal camera and video analytics
- 1st Place – Improvement and energy efficiency at the Mariana Complex
- 1st Place – Enabling copper ore processing with talc through the use of blended stockpiles
CBMINA
- 1st Place – ITV (Vale Technological Institute) – Award for innovative mine pit depth monitoring project
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)
- 2nd place in the Global Innovation Index ranking of the companies that invest the most in R&D&I in the country
ABM Award
- Green Steel Award – Sustainability 2025, with the project VESO – Vale Emission Systemic Optimizer.
Brasil Mineral Magazine
- Company of the Year in the Mineral Sector – Innovation & Technology Category
- Company of the Year in the Mineral Sector – Growth Category
Innovative Company Award
- 1st Place in the Innovative Company Award
Minérios & Minerales Magazine
- 1st Sustainable Mine Award with the Circular Mining Program – Waste to Value
- 1st Sustainable Mine Award with the project Reuse of iron ore tailings in the primary surfacing of rural roads
- 1st Sustainable Mine Award with the project Implementation of the drought-prevention plan at the Salobo mine
100 Open Startups Award
- Decade Champion in the Mining category
- 2nd Place in the Mining category
AWP Advanced Work Packaging Awards
- Project of the Year Award
- PMO of the Year
- 3rd place in Agile Methods
- 5th place in the Mining and Metals award
- 25th position in the TOP 100 Open Corps award
- 2nd and 3rd place - Energy Efficiency Category
- 1st place - Outstanding Mining Company
100 Open Startups Award
- 7th place in the Mining segment
- 1st place in the Mining segment
- 7th place overall
- 1st place in Technological Innovation
- 1st place in Growth
- 1st place in Connections with Startups and Outstanding Ambassador
- LAC Innovation Tournament 2024 (National and LATAM)
- 1st place with AI project to automate decisions
- 1st place in the Mining, Metallurgy and Steelmaking sector for the fifth consecutive year
- 1st place: Online Theory
- 3rd place: LLK Features and Misalignments Detector
Ranking of the Most Innovative Companies in Brazil (Dom Cabral Foundation)
1st place overall
1st place overall
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