Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Vale S.A.

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 1/8/2018

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

MOSAIC CO [MOS]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O VALE S.A.,, PRAIA DE BOTAFOGO, 186, 20TH FLOOR

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

__ X __ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)

(Street)

BOTAFOGO, RIO DE JANEIRO, D5 22250-145

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_ X _ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	34176574	I	See Footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Vale S.A. ("Vale") and Vale Fertilizer Netherlands B.V., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Vale (together with Vale, the "Reporting Persons"), hold an aggregate of 34,176,574 Common Shares (the "Shares") of The Mosaic Company (the "Issuer"). Vale is the holder of record of an aggregate of 29,854,571 Shares and Vale Fertilizer Netherlands B.V. is the holder of record of an aggregate of 4,322,003 Shares.
(2)	Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), this filing shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are, for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or otherwise, the beneficial owners of any equity securities in excess of their respective pecuniary interests.

Remarks:
(3) Solely for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed directors-by-deputization by virtue of their contractual right to appoint up to two directors to the board of directors of the Issuer. As a result, the "Director" box is marked in Item 4 of this Form 3.

(4) The Reporting Persons are jointly filing this Form 3 pursuant to Rule 16a-3(j) under the Exchange Act.

(5) Andre Figueiredo is signing on behalf of both Vale S.A. and Vale Fertilizer Netherlands B.V. pursuant to the Powers of Attorney dated January 11, 2018, which were previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Vale S.A. C/O VALE S.A., PRAIA DE BOTAFOGO, 186, 20TH FLOOR BOTAFOGO, RIO DE JANEIRO, D5 22250-145	X
Vale Fertilizer Netherlands B.V. HERIKERBERGWEG 238 LUNA ARENA AMSTERDAM, P7 1101	X

Signatures
/s/ Andre Figueiredo, Vale S.A. (5)		1/18/2018
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Andre Figueiredo, Vale Fertilizer Netherlands B.V. (5)		1/18/2018
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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