Resumen de Better times ahead for refractories?

Siobhan Lismore-Scott, Laura Syrett

• Manan Shah, business executive at India-based Ashapura Minechem Ltd, told IM that business was "not bad" and predicted that the growing trend in China towards the conservation of domestic raw materials would favour vertically integrated refractories producers in the coming years.

  "Business is not brilliant, but it's ok," the company said, adding "the refractories market in Europe is not growing".

  "We produced 3.8m tonnes [of refractories] in 2013, which was a slight decrease on the previous year," [Astrid Volkaert] told delegates.