China's refractory materials output down 7% in Jan- Sep

摘要

China produced 17.45 million tonnes of refractory materials in China in the first nine months of 2020, down by 7.3% year on year, although performance improved in the third quarter compared with earlier in the year. Data released by the China Association of Refractories showed output over January-September 2020 fell from 18.83 million tonnes in the corresponding period a year ago. Of the total, 9.79 million tonnes was density shaped refractory products, down by 6.38%. Heat insulation refractory materials made up 595,300 tonnes of the total output, up by 34.8%, and 7.06 million tonnes were unshaped refractory products, down by 10.9%. All the comparisons here are year on year.