Medgidia Cement Plant

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Medgidia Cement Plant is an integrated cement plant operating in Medgidia, Constanța County, Romania.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the cement plant in Medgidia, Constanța County, Romania:

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Coordinates (WGS 84): 44.240612, 28.310960 (exact)

Background

Originally a state-owned enterprise, the Medgidia Cement Plant was privatized in 1997 when it was acquired by the French multinational Lafarge. In 2015, following the global merger of Lafarge and Holcim, the newly formed entity was required to divest certain assets to comply with competition regulations. As a result, the Medgidia plant, along with other operations in Romania, was sold to the Irish building materials company CRH. On May 5, 2021, CRH reintroduced the historic Romanian brand "Romcim" for its local operations, including the Medgidia plant. In 2023, CRH developed a wind farm exclusively to power the Medgidia Cement Plant. The wind farm comprises five turbines with a total installed capacity of approximately 30 MW. It is expected to generate around 80 GWh annually. The renewable energy generated by the wind farm is projected to reduce Romania's national energy-related CO₂ emissions by approximately 40,000 tons annually.

Cement Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant type	Plant status	Start date
integrated	Operating	unknown

Table 2: Ownership Details

Additional information including parent company references and full ownership trees available at the Global Energy Ownership Tracker.

Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner name	Owner company GEM ID
CRH PLC [98.6%]	E100000131458 [98.6%]	ROMCIM SA [100.0%]	E100002006986 [100.0%]

Table 3: Capacities

Cement capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)	Clinker capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)	Unspecified capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)
3.4	>0	>0

Table 4: Cement Production

Primary cement color	Primary cement type	Production type	Green cement technology
grey	unknown	dry	Alternative fuels

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Additional data

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