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What Enabled Vale to Adopt an Aggressive Dividend Policy

What Enabled Vale to Adopt an Aggressive Dividend Policy

In its 1Q18 results, Vale (VALE) stated that net debt reduction has enabled it to adopt an aggressive dividend policy. Investors should note that Vale reduced its net debt from $25 billion in 2016 to $18.1 billion in 2017. It also received net proceeds of $3.7 billion from the sale of its fertilizer assets in January 2018, and the company was set to receive its Nacala Corridor project financing by March 2018.