In 2019, the refractory industry will further promote the supply-side structural reforms. The overall operation of the industry is stable, the output has increased slightly, and the level of green development has been significantly improved.

First, the output is steady and rising. In 2019, the output of refractory products nationwide was 24.308 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.7%. Among them, dense shaped refractory products were 13.414 million tons, an increase of 1.1% year-on-year; insulation refractory products were 589,000 tons, an increase of 8.9% year-on-year; unshaped refractory products were 10.305 million tons, an increase of 6.9% year-on-year.

Second, the benefit pressure is greater. There are 1958 refractory raw materials, refractory products and related service companies above the industry scale. Affected by the sharp decline in the market price of refractory products, the main business income in 2019 was 206.92 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 3.0%, and the total profit was 12.80 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 17.5 %.

3. Exports decreased slightly. In 2019, the export trade volume of refractory raw materials and products was 3.52 billion US dollars, and the total annual export volume was 5.95 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 6.3%. Among them, the export volume of refractory raw materials was 4.292 million tons, down 5.7% year-on-year; the export volume of refractory products was 1.666 million tons, down 7.7% year-on-year.

Fourth, improve the green level. In 2019, the whole industry will further deepen the pollution source control, and many provinces and cities have issued industrial furnaces and kiln pollutant emission treatment plans to promote the emission of pollutants to meet the standards. The company ’s green development level has been significantly improved. Seven refractory factories were selected as "green factories" by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. "List.

Currently, the pace of transformation and development of the refractory industry is accelerating, but the situation is still faced with many uncertainties. Problems such as overcapacity, low concentration, and insufficient innovation capacity still exist. The next step is to accelerate the application of new technologies and new product development, rely on capital and brand strength to increase industry concentration, improve industry automation and intelligence, accelerate the pace of transformation and upgrading, and promote the high-quality development of the refractory industry.