ROMCIM Medgidia Cement Plant

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

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the cement plant in Medgidia, Constanța, 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 2007, Lafarge began construction of the largest clinker storage dome silo in the world at the plant, which was completed in 2009 with a capacity of 193,000 tonnes.

In 2023, CRH began developing 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 and to reduce Romania's national energy-related CO₂ emissions by approximately 40,000 tons annually.

The Medgidia plant is the largest in Romania, with a capacity of 3.4 million tonnes per year.

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Cement Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant type	Plant status	Start date
integrated	operating	unknown

Table 2: Ownership Details

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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 (million metric tonnes per annum)

Cement capacity	Clinker capacity
3.40	1.83

Table 4: Cement Production (million metric tonnes per annum)

Primary cement color	Primary cement type	Clinker substitution rate	2024 -2025 Cement production
grey	blended	A	unknown

Table 5: Clinker Production

Clinker production method	Number of operating kilns (accuracy)	Number of developing kilns (accuracy)	Kiln technology - preheater	Kiln technology - precalciner	Kiln technology - waste heat recovery
dry	2 (exact)	unknown	yes	unknown	unknown

Table 6: Green Cement Technology

CCS/CCUS	Alternative fuel	Clay calcination
no	yes; refuse derived fuel (RDF)	no

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