Global and Chinese Refractory Material Industry Report, 2013

Affected by the factors such as slowdown in growth rates of downstream sectors like iron and steel, building materials, and glass as well as the reduced demand of refractories for infrastructure construction, China's refractory materials production in 2012 fell 4.43% over the previous year to 28.1891 million tons, of which, magnesia bricks, magnesium carbon & alumina magnesia carbon, and siliceous brick dropped sharply, down 15.94%, 8.45% and 8.37% YoY respectively.

In terms of export in 2012, both volume and value of refractory raw materials fell down, but refractory products broke the 2-million-ton mark again, climbing 4.4% YoY to 2.0397 million tons; export price even increased by 7.08%.

With respect to the product, China has been promoting the development of high-quality energy-efficient unshaped refractories. In 2012, the proportion of unshaped refractories in the total refractories production there firstly exceeded 40%, but compared with industrially advanced countries, the proportion is still lower, the goal is to hit 60% in 2020.

In addition, R & D of chrome-free refractories is also the focus of industry development. So far, Ruitai Materials Technology, Zibo Luzhong Refractory, etc. in cement kiln refractories, Qinghua Refractories, Zhejiang Jinlei Refractories, etc. in refractories for AOD furnace, Luoyang Institute of Refractories Research (LIRR), Shangyu Zili Corp New Material Co., Ltd (Zili Corp), etc. in refractories for RH furnace have made many successful attempts, followed by vigorous promotion.

Key Topics Covered

1. Profile of Refractory Materials

1.1 Definition and Classification

1.2 Product Characteristics

1.3 Upstream and Downstream

2. Development of Refractory Materials Worldwide

2.1 Market Status

2.2 Enterprise Status

2.3 Technology

3. Development of Refractory Materials in China

3.1 Development Environment

3.2 Development Status

4. Refractory Material Market in China

4.1 Supply

4.2 Demand

4.3 Import and Export

5. Refractory Product Segments

5.1 Fused Cast Refractories

5.2 Basic Refractory Materials

5.3 Unshaped Refractory Materials

5.4 Ceramic Fiber

6. Competition in China's Refractory Material Industry

6.1 Regional Competition

6.2 Product Competition

6.3 Competition among Enterprises

7. Key Companies Worldwide

8. Key Enterprises in China

9. Development Trends of China's Refractory Materials Industry

9.1 Problems

9.2 Development Trends

Companies Mentioned

• Beijing Lier High-temperature Materials
• Beijing SEPR Refractories
• Haicheng Houying Trade Group
• Haicheng Magnesite Refractory General Factory
• Jiangsu Sujia Group
• Krosaki
• Luoyang Dayang Refractory
• Magnesita Refratários
• Morgan Advanced Materials (Formerly Morgan Crucible)
• Puyang Refractories Group
• RHI
• Ruitai Materials Technology
• Saint-Gobain
• Shandong Luyang Share
• Shandong Refractories Group
• Shinagawa
• Sinosteel Luoyang Institute of Refractories Research
• Sinosteel Refractory
• Tongda Refractory Technologies
• Vesuvius
• Yingkou Jinlong Refractories Group
• Yingkou Qinghua Group
• Zhejiang Jinlei Refractories
• Zhejiang Zili Corporation Limited
• Zhengzhou Huawei Refractories
• Zibo Asahi

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