Medgidia Clinker Storage Facility is the largest dome-type

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storage facility in the world and one of the largest

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-type structures in

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. It is operated by

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and situated at

Medgidia Medgidia ( or ; historical Turkish names: ''Karasu'' or ''Carasu'', ''Mecidiye'' or ''Megidie'') is a city in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, south-eastern Romania. History Archaeological findings show that Dobruja was inhabited since the ...

. The storage facility, which was completed in 2009, can store 250,000 cubic metres of clinker.

External links

* http://www.wall-street.ro/articol/English-Version/75624/The-Lafarge-Romania-director-2009-the-first-year-with-a-drop-since-our-arrival-here.html {{coord, 44, 14, 43, N, 28, 17, 59, E, region:RO-CT_type:landmark_source:kolossus-dewiki, display=title Buildings and structures in Constanța County 2009 establishments in Romania