# KCM AD

Group: KCM 2000  
Country of seat: Bulgaria  
Data as of: 2026-10-21, version 2.32  
Page: https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/kcm-ad

## Plants

### KCM Plovdiv (zinc and lead plant) (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

- Link: zinc smelter
- Status: operating
- Metals: zinc
- Capacity: 100 kt/yr
- Coordinates: 42.0608, 24.8136
- Source [B]: КЦМ АД – уведомление за инвестиционно предложение „Технологично интегриране на КЦМ АД” (вх. 492/2021), z przytoczeniem KR nr 1-Н3/2017 akt. 2020, pp. 2–3 (capacities from KR No. 1-Н3/2017: 100,000 t/yr Zn currently, 134,000 t/yr target), p. 6 (share of secondary raw materials 25% → 35%) – https://plovdiv.riew.gov.bg/files/_documents/Parvo_uved_492_2021.pdf
- Source [B]: EBI – KCM Lead Zinc Capacity Expansion (2018-0781): EFSI Scoreboard i Environmental and Social Data Sheet, EFSI Scoreboard s. 1–2; ESDS s. 1–2 – https://www.eib.org/en/projects/all/20180781
- Source [C]: BGS – World Mineral Production 2020–24, table “Production of slab zinc” (and the 2019–23 edition for 2019), s. 78 – Netherlands; s. 78 – France; s. 78 – Spain; s. 78 – Germany; s. 78 – Italy; s. 78 – Bulgaria; s. 78 (wyd. 2020–24) i odpowiednia tabela wyd. 2019–23 – https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/541620/1/WMP_2020%20to%202024.pdf
- Source [A]: Eurostat PRODCOM DS-059358 – sold production, kody 24431230 i 24431250, ES 24431230 2023; 24431250 2019–2024; IT 24431230 2019–2024; BG 24431230/24431250 – :C; dataset DS-059358, indicators PRODQNT/PQNTFLAG/PQNTBASE/OWNPRODQNT; unit KG converted to t – https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/comext/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/data/DS-059358/A..24431230+24431250.PRODQNT+PQNTFLAG+PQNTBASE+QNTUNIT+PRODVAL+PVALFLAG+OWNPRODQNT+SCPRODQNT/?startPeriod=2019&endPeriod=2025&format=SDMX-CSV
- Source [B]: EEA, Industrial Reporting under the IED and E-PRTR, wersja 16 (2007–2024): pliki „F6_1_IED_Installations.csv”, „F1_4_Air_Releases_Facilities.csv”, „F3_2_Transfers_Facilities.csv”, „F4_2_WasteTransfers_Facilities.csv”, reporting year 2024; IED installations 2.5(a), 2.5(b), 2.3(c), 4.2(e), 5.1; E-PRTR facilities 2(e), 3(a), 5(a) – https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/datashare/s/sptXqwkQr5g7Bp5/download?path=/eea_t_ied-eprtr_p_2007-2024_v16_r00
- Source [B]: Best Available Techniques (BAT) Reference Document for the Non-Ferrous Metals Industries (JRC107041), p. 25 (PDF 77), table 1.17; p. 635 (PDF 687), table 6.4; p. 25 (PDF 77), table 1.17 (source: IZA plant data 2008) – https://bureau-industrial-transformation.jrc.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2020-01/JRC107041_NFM_bref2017.pdf
- Source [C]: Conference abstract by KCM staff on the expansion of the Waelz furnaces (tentative lead) – https://www.programmaster.org/PM/PM.nsf/ApprovedAbstracts/8C2ED3E172C0F6D18525843500302788
- Verified at source: 2026-10-11

### Plovdiv – zinc and lead smelter (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

- Link: smelter
- Status: operating
- Metals: zinc, lead, silver
- Capacity: 175 kt/yr
- Coordinates: 42.1, 24.78 (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0)
- Source [A]: KCM AD, notification of the project “Technological integration of KCM AD” to RIOSV Plovdiv (2021), pp. 2–3 – capacities permitted and target (134 kt Zn, 100 kt Pb) – https://plovdiv.riew.gov.bg/files/_documents/Parvo_uved_492_2021.pdf
- Source [B]: Europejski Bank Inwestycyjny, Environmental and Social Data Sheet „KCM lead and zinc capacity expansion” (projekt 2018-0781), 14.11.2019 – https://www.eib.org/attachments/registers/125852246.pdf
- Note: The only zinc and lead smelter in the Balkans – processes concentrates and secondary materials (approx. 25% of the feedstock).
- Verified at source: 2026-10-08

## Metal flow analyses

- [EU-27 Zinc Flows](https://ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/eu-zinc-flow-analysis.md)