# Vale S.A.

Group identifier: 254900SMTWBX7RU2SR20 (LEI of the parent company)  
Ultimate owner: Vale S.A. (LEI 254900SMTWBX7RU2SR20, GLEIF, class A) – Reason given in GLEIF: the parent does not consolidate the company  
Basis of membership: GLEIF relationships – Source [A]: GLEIF – Level 2 (relacje „kto jest właścicielem kogo”), rekord LEI 254900SMTWBX7RU2SR20 – https://search.gleif.org/#/record/254900SMTWBX7RU2SR20  
Data as of: 2026-10-19, version 2.26  
Page: https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/vale-s-a

## At a glance

Vale S.A. – 1 company in the register with 1 plant in 1 country (most: United Kingdom 1). Metals of the plants: nickel. Main links of the chain: smelting and refining – 1 plant. The parent company Vale S.A. has no higher parent in GLEIF. Reason given in GLEIF: the parent does not consolidate the company.

## Value-chain coverage

| Link | Plants | Stages |
|---|---:|---|
| Raw materials | 0 | – |
| Smelting and refining | 1 | refinery 1 |
| Processing | 0 | – |
| Products | 0 | – |
| Recycling | 0 | – |
| End uses | 0 | – |

## Plants by country

| Country | Plants |
|---|---:|
| United Kingdom | 1 |

## Full capacity by metal and stage

Full capacity of operating single-metal plants – separately for each stage and unit; no sum across stages (a smelter and an extrusion press process the same metal) and no ownership shares in plants (next stage). Multi-metal plants – in the totals table below.

No capacity of operating single-metal plants with a unit.

## Group structure

- **Vale S.A.** (corporate group; 254900SMTWBX7RU2SR20)
  - Vale Canada Limited (intermediate company – GLEIF parent outside the register; CA; LEI PRAQ4VOSFIK7OQ8Z2512; Consolidation relationship from GLEIF (Level 2, CC0) – class A source)
    - [Vale Europe](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/vale-europe.md) (company; United Kingdom; LEI 2138008ZC8D6U8AI4N49; Business register 00137114; Consolidation relationship from GLEIF (Level 2, CC0) – class A source)
      - Clydach (Clydach, United Kingdom) – plant; refinery; operating; class B

## Capacity and output of the group companies’ plants

Totals cover the full capacity (and output) of operating plants owned by the group companies, without taking shares in jointly owned plants into account; capacity attributed to the group by share will be added in the next stage. Only values in the same unit and for the same metal are added up.

The plants of the group companies have no capacity or output with a unit in the register.

## Similar groups

Similarity: common metals (weight 0.5), chain links (0.3) and plant countries (0.2) – Jaccard index; only groups with at least one common metal.

- [Berkshire Hathaway](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/berkshire-hathaway.md) – in common: nickel; United Kingdom
- [Doncasters Group](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/doncasters-group.md) – in common: nickel; United Kingdom
- [DN Equity GmbH](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/dn-equity-gmbh.md) – in common: nickel
- [Höganäs Holding AB](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/hoganas-holding-ab.md) – in common: nickel

## Data quality

- Source class of plants: A 0, B 1, C 0
- Plants verified at source: 1 / 1 (2026-10-08 – 2026-10-08)
- Ownership relationships of companies: GLEIF relationship (class A): 1 of 1; group as recorded: 0 of 1; companies with an LEI: 1 of 1
- Basis of membership: GLEIF relationships (class A); Reason given in GLEIF: the parent does not consolidate the company

The group card (page and Markdown) is open to text and data mining with attribution; the JSON data – like the other JSON data of the register – is reserved as a compiled database. Relationships from GLEIF: CC0 1.0.