简介:Thepaperreviewsthepresentsituationofrefractoriesindustryonaworldwidebasis,intermsofproductionvolume,consumptioninsteelindustry,marketing,tradingandstructuralchange,basedontheinformationfromthepresentationsattheWorldRefractoriesCongressSingapore'2002togetherwithsomenewlyrevealeddataonChina'srefiactoriesindustry.Authors'commentsandsuggestionsonfuturedevelopmenthavebeenalsoprovidedinthepaper.