Webcast Alert: Vale Announces First Quarter 2008 Results Webcast

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Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:45pm EDT 

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, April 17  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vale
(NYSE: RIO) (BOVESPA: VALE5) (VALE) announces the following Webcast:
    What:     Vale 1st Quarter 2008 Results

    When:     Friday, April 25, 2008 at 10:00 AM EDT

    Where:    http://prnewswire.isat.com.br/?palestra_id=283

    How:      Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the
              address above.

    Contact:  Valeria Gomes, from 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.
    Companhia Vale do Rio Doce - Vale is the largest diversified mining
company in the Americas and the second largest company in the global metals &
mining industry, with a market capitalization of approximately
US$ 160 billion. Vale shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange - NYSE
(RIO and RIOPR), 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

Valeria Gomes, Vale, +011-5521-3814-4540, rio@vale.com
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