The Zimco Group, a R1 billion-a-year business, is South Africa's leading producer of Industrial and Base minerals, a major producer and supplier of Zinc, Lead, Aluminium Metal and Alloys, related chemicals and engineering plastics. Zimco was purchased by Eco-Bat Technologies Limited in March 1999. Eco-Bat Technologies Limited is the parent company for a group of companies engaged in the smelting, manufacturing and marketing of lead and lead products, with operations in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Austria and the USA.