Alro Slatina, awarded for its technical innovations at International Congress & Exhibition of Non-Ferrous Metals and Minerals, Krasnoyarsk 2015

• Alro Slatina achieved high performances in terms of Faraday efficiency, one of highest life duration of electrolyse pots and low energy consumption
• The R&D team of Alro Slatina developed new products and test new solutions in order to increase energy efficiency in all production areas at group level
• Over USD 500 million invested in state-of-the-art equipment, over the past 10 years
• 170 companies from 22 countries attended the event in Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Slatina, 24 September 2015 – Alro S.A. (BSE: ALR, “the Company” or “Alro”), one of the largest aluminium producers in Central and Eastern Europe, was awarded for its achievement in terms of innovation and increased efficiency at theCongress & Exhibition of Non-Ferrous Metals and Minerals 2015. The congress, held in Krasnoyarsk during 14-17 September, allowed Alro Slatina to showcase its latest innovations for energy efficiency and environment protection, while the alumina refinery Alum Tulcea presented its development programme for its mining facilities in Sierra Leone.

“Our focus is to consolidate our operations, by implementing solutions designed to allow us operate on a competitive market, but also to comply with the demands of our customers”,said Gheorghe Dobra, General Manager of Alro Slatina.“With the support of our R&D teams, we succeeded to reduce the energy consumption, thus improving the overall efficiency of our operations. We are committed to further applying our vertical integration, long-term strategy, while extending our portfolio, focused on high value added products”.

In the last 10 years, following investments of over USD 500 million, the Company modernized the equipments, in order to remain competitive on the international markets and to thoroughly comply with the environment protection regulations.

Besides the investments in technology, Alro has a strong Research and Development team that developed projects for increasing the energy efficiency, thus contributing to the decrease of the energy consumption to one of the lowest levels registered for the type of technology used by Alro Slatina. This way, the Company reduced its production costs, succeeding in continuing its activity on a market still affected by the international crisis. Through its energy efficiency program implemented in the past 10 years, Alro registered a reduced consumption of electricity per tonne of aluminium by over 75%, for flat rolled products, while the natural gas consumption decreased by more than 90%, during this period. Also, as part of the strategy to increase the efficiency, the Company continued to invest in expanding its high added value production capacity and thus, it increased the capacity of processed aluminium.

The Congress & Exhibition of Non-Ferrous Metals and Minerals is dedicated to all the producers of minerals and metals. This year, about 170 companies from 22 countries attended the event in Krasnoyarsk, presenting the latest innovations in products and technologies.

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Notes to the Editors:

Alro is a subsidiary of Vimetco N.V., a global, vertically-integrated primary and processed aluminium producer. Alro is one of the largest aluminium producer in Central and Eastern Europe measured by volume with an installed production capacity of 265,000 tonnes per year.

The main markets for the aluminium manufactured by Alro are within the European Union (i.e. Hungary, Poland, Greece, Germany and Romania). Alro also exports to the U.S.A and Asia. Alro is ISO 9001 certified for quality management and has NADCAP as well as EN 9100 certificates for aerospace production organizations. Alro’s products adhere to the quality standards for primary aluminium on the LME, as well as international standards for flat rolled products.

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