Vimetco is a globally integrated aluminium Group, with bauxite mines in Sierra Leone, coal mines, aluminium production facilities and electricity plant in China and with alumina refinery and aluminium smelter in Romania. The Company’s strategy is focused on expanding added value areas of the business as well as securing its raw materials and energy needs. In China, Vimetco holds two smelting plants in Gongyi, processing facilities in Zhengzhou, a smelter in Linzhou. A new cast house in China’s Henan Province, for high quality primary products, wire rods, billets and slabs, came on stream in 2Q 2009. In Romania, Vimetco holds an alumina refinery, recently modernised, that is processing the bauxite, supplying the alumina for Alro, the Company’s smelter in Slatina. Alro provides primary and processed aluminium. The quality of Vimetco’s processed products in Romania has been recognised in a number of industries, the Company receiving the NADCAP certification for the aerospace industry. The bauxite mines in Sierra Leone, bought in July 2008, supplies all the necessary raw material for the Romanian operations. Vimetco has grown from a promising start-up to a full listing on the London Stock Exchange in 2007. Today Vimetco is among the top five producers in Europe and among the top ten in China, the world's largest aluminium market. Additional details may be found in the Image Brochure which has been designed for all those interested in Vimetco, including customers, potential investors, suppliers and employees.