Chinese refractory demand expected to fall to 24m tpa by 2017

• Autores: Siobhan Lismore-Scott, Albert Li
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 569, 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Febrero)
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • China's refractory output was 29.3m tonnes in 2013, with 5m tonnes exported, according to The Association of China's Refractories Industry.

    This was down fractionally on 2012, when output reached 29.5m tonnes, according to 'The Refractories Industry Worldwide 2012-2017' report, published by Material Technology Publications. This report said it expected output to grow to 33m tonnes by 2017 in China.

    [Dianli Chen] believes that demand and output will slide for three reasons. Firstly, Chen summarised that the refractories industry had shown signs of overdevelopment since