China's Refractories

Abstract: This paper reviews the current development status and achievements of China's refractory industry, summarizing the significant progress made by China's refractory industry over the past 40 years in energy conservation, environmental protection, green and low-carbon development, and intelligent manufacturing. It analyzes the challenges and difficulties faced by China's refractory industry currently, focusing on how the current adjustment cycle in China's steel industry provides new opportunities for China's refractory sector. China's refractory industry must adhere to the path of innovation-driven, intelligent manufacturing, green and low-carbon. We should seek and seize new opportunities for transformation and upgrading, continuously optimize the industrial structure, enhance product and service quality, and carefully balance the domestic and international markets. This approach aims to form a new capacity management mechanism that includes market competition and constraints from both energy consumption and carbon emission, with government supervision and industry self-discipline.

Key words: refractory materials, development stage, industrial concentration, green and low-carbon, intelligent manufacturing