Beckum Cement Plant

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Beckum Cement Plant (Beckum Zementwerk), also known as Phoenix Cement Plant), is an integrated cement plant operating in Beckum, nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the cement plant in Beckum, nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany:

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Coordinates (WGS 84): 51.759298, 8.073613 (exact)

Background

In 1950 the Beckum cement plant implemented their first leopol kiln system which, in 1964, was replaced by a heat exchanger furnace from Polysius. In 2023, GEA installed a carbon capture pilot plant at the Beckum plant, with the goal of capturing over 90% of its CO₂ emissions.

Cement Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant type	Plant status	Start date
integrated	Operating	1872

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
Stein und Krogbeumker GmbH [unknown%]	E100002007267 [unknown%]	Phoenix Zementwerke Krogbeumker GmbH & Co KG [100.0%] (Phoenix Zementwerke Krogbeumker GmbH & Co KG (German) [100%])	E100002007266 [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)
0.5	>0	–

Table 4: Cement Production

Primary cement color	Primary cement type	Production type	Green cement technology
grey	unknown	dry	Carbon capture, utilization, and/or storage ; Alternative fuels

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Additional data

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