• Vale named independent director Wilfred Theodoor Bruijn as chairman of the board.
• The appointment follows a vacancy in the chair role effective July 6, 2026.
• Bruijn will serve until a chairman is elected at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on July 22, 2026.

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