PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

摘要

As you are aware the theme for this years National Conference was "Refractories for Energy Generation." I appreciate that the Refractories used in energy generation comprise less than 2% of the world total refractories usage, which may be one reason why attendance was down at this years Conference. However, the purpose of the IRE is to represent refractory engineers from all facets of the industry and provide knowledge and understanding of the use and application of refractories in the widest sense. The IRE would not be fulfilling its remit or obligations to refractories engineers if we only dealt with the most common uses and types of refractories.