Holcim Deutschland has commenced a carbon capture trial at its 950,000t/yr Beckum cement plant in Beckum-Kollenbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The trial will employ amine scrubbing technology to separate CO2, which it will then seek to commercialise for other industrial uses. Holcim Deutschland’s partners for the project are Technische Universität Berlin and construction engineering firm thyssenkrupp Uhde.