Global and China Refractory Material Industry Report, 2010-2011

Global and China Refractory Material Industry Report, 2010-2011 

 

      Vigorously fueled by such high-temperature industries as steel, cement, glass, and nonferrous metal in recent years, the output of refractory material in China climbed to 28.08 million tons in 2010 from 14.77 million tons in 2003, with the CAGR of 9.6%; hereinto, the energy-saving and eco-friendly unshaped refractory contributed more than 1/3. Meanwhile, the export volume of refractory product increased substantially from 827 kilotons in 2003 to 1792.8 kilotons in 2010, with the CAGR of 11.7%.
      The necessary refractory material for cement industry, the second largest consumption field of refractory material, mainly cover basic refractory material (magnesite brick, magnesite-chrome brick, magnesite-alumina brick, etc.), Al-Si refractory material (high alumina brick, fireclay insulating brick, etc.), and heat insulation refractory material. Wherein, magnesite-chrome brick is most commonly employed in cement kiln firing zone; nevertheless, chromium ion brings about serious pollution against high temperature, magnesite-chrome brick has therefore been gradually replaced by chrome-free refractory material like dolomite brick and magnesia spinel brick in recent years.
      Apart from the supply and demand of refractory market, this report underlines not only the market segments of fusion-casting refractory, basic refractory material, unshaped refractory material, and ceramic fiber but the industrial competition pattern including regional pattern and enterprise pattern.
      Refractory production bases have gradually taken shape in Henan, Shandong, Liaoning, and Shanxi, centering on the characteristics of various raw mateiral origins. In 2010, the output of the above mentioned four bases contributed 87.9% to the national total, of which, Henan ranked the first with approximately 50% share. Liaoning is abundant in magnesium ores and it produced 5.53 million tons of refractory in 2010; hereinto, magnesia refractory registered 5.45 million tons.