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Follow on Google News | World Demand for Refractories to Exceed 46 Million Metric Tons in 2016Product sales will climb 5.3 percent annually to 2016, not as strong as gains registered in recent years because of a moderation in raw material costs and refractory prices. The iron and steel market will continue to dominate global sales
Refractory sales will expand most quickly in developing areas, reflecting an ongoing shift in metals and other heavy industry production to countries with low cost structures. The Asia/Pacific region, in particular, will post the largest tonnage increases, followed by the Africa/Mideast region, Central and South America, and Eastern Europe. China alone will account for more than seven-tenths of all refractory volume gains between 2011 and 2016, due both to additional growth in its huge steel, cement, and other heavy manufacturing industries and to the use of less sophisticated production methods in steelmaking and other important markets than those utilized in economically advanced nations, resulting in greater refractory use in per unit of output terms. The volume of refractories consumed will also rise in the US, Western Europe, and Japan following an extended period of decline, as economic conditions strengthen in these areas and output of ferrous metals and other refractory-using products rebounds. Output gains in these areas are more likely to result in higher refractory demand because the manufacturing techniques utilized are already so efficient that it will be much more difficult to reduce refractory consumption on a per unit output basis than in less developed countries. Due to their greater use of more costly, high quality products, the US, Western Europe, and Japan will account for a somewhat larger share of the world refractory market total in dollar terms (19 percent) in 2016 than they will in tonnage (14 percent). This study analyzes global supply of and demand for refractory products. Historical data (2001, 2006, and 2011) and forecasts for the years 2016 and 2021 are provided for total refractory shipments, net exports, and demand on a country-by-country basis, valued in millions of current US dollars, including inflation. Historical and projected refractory demand is also shown in metric tons, broken out by form (bricks and shapes, and monolithic and other), material (clay and nonclay), and market (iron and steel, nonferrous metals, nonmetallic minerals, and other). The Freedonia (http://www.freedoniagroup.com/ End
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