| Throughout the industrial world, the refractories market is governed
by the requirements of the traditional heavy industries such
as-iron and steel, cement and allied industries, non-ferrous
including aluminium, chemical, petroleum and power, glass, ceramics,
etc together with a multitude of other miscellaneous requirements.
Of these, the iron and steel industry is by far the
major consumer of refractories-particularly in well established
areas such as Western Europe, Japan and the USA. In this review,
the developments in the iron and steel industry in the next
decade and their expected impact on the UK refractories industry
and their suppliers have been discussed. |
