Study #: 2309

Published: 02/2008

Pages: 245

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Refractories to 2011 - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends

US refractories demand will accelerate through 2011 and reach $2.5 billion. Nonmetallic mineral markets such as cement, ceramic and glass production will show the biggest growth. Bricks and shapes will outpace monolithics, due in part to performance advantages such as the reduced heat-up time of preformed shapes.

This study analyzes the $2.3 billion US refractories industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 1996, 2001 and 2006, and forecasts for 2011 and 2016 by refractory form (e.g., bricks, shapes, monolithics); material (e.g., nonclay, clay); and market (e.g., metal industries, nonmetallic mineral processing, engineering contractors, nonmanufacturing, petroleum and chemicals).

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 26 major players, including ANH Refractories, Cookson, LWB Refractories, Minerals Technologies, Morgan Crucible, Resco Products, RHI, and Saint-Gobain.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS


SECTION                                                                      PAGE

               INTRODUCTION                                                  viii
               
          I.       EXECUTIVE SUMMARY                                            1
                   
         II.       MARKET ENVIRONMENT                                           4
               General                                                          4
               Macroeconomic Trends                                             5
               Capital Spending/Fixed Investment Trends                         9
               Manufacturing Sector Outlook                                    12
               Durable Goods                                                   14
               Nondurable Goods                                                14
               Technology                                                      15
               Basic Refractory Properties                                     17
               Refractory Shapes & Forms                                       20
               Refractory Materials                                            21
               Other Technological Developments                                23
               Pricing Trends                                                  24
               Refractory Market Trends                                        27
               International Environment                                       30
               World Supply & Demand                                           31
               Trends in US Foreign Trade                                      34
               Imports                                                         36
               Exports                                                         39
               
        III.       FORMS                                                       42
               General                                                         42
               Refractory Bricks & Shapes                                      45
               Standard Bricks                                                 47
               Preformed Shapes                                                50
               Monolithic Refractories                                         52
               Castables                                                       54
               Plastics & Ramming Mixes                                        56
               Gunning Mixes                                                   58
               Bonding & Other Mortars                                         60
               Other Refractory Forms                                          61

         IV.       MATERIALS                                                   64
               General                                                         64
               Nonclay Refractory Products                                     67
               Magnesite & Chrome                                              71
               Zircon & Zirconia                                               74
               Extra-High Alumina                                              77
               Ceramic Fibers                                                  79
               Silicon Carbide                                                 82
               Graphite & Carbon                                               84
               Silica                                                          86
               Mullite                                                         88
               Dolomite & Other Nonclay Refractories                           90
               Clay Refractory Products                                        93
               High-Alumina                                                    98
               Fireclay                                                       100
               Insulating                                                     102
               
          V.       MARKETS                                                    105
               General                                                        105
               Metal Industries                                               109
               Outlook                                                        110
               Iron & Steel                                                   111
               Nonferrous Metals                                              114
               Metal Casting & Fabrication                                    115
               Refractory Market                                              116
               Iron & Steel                                                   118
                   Steelmaking Technology                                     119
                   Steel Refractory Manufacturers & Products                  122
               Nonferrous Metals                                              122
               Metal Casting & Fabrication                                    125
               Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Industries                      127
               Outlook                                                        128
               Refractory Market                                              129
               Ceramics                                                       130
               Glass                                                          133
               Cement, Lime & Other Mineral Processing                        136
               Engineering Contractors                                        138
               Nonmanufacturing Refractory Market                             140
               Petroleum & Chemicals                                          142
               Other Manufacturing Industries                                 144
               
         VI.       INDUSTRY STRUCTURE                                         147
               General                                                        147
               Industry Composition & Restructuring                           148
               Market Share                                                   152
               Leading Refractory Producers                                   153
                   Significant Raw Material Suppliers                         156
               Product Development & Manufacturing                            158
               Marketing & Distribution                                       162
               Mergers, Acquisitions & Industry Restructuring                 164
               Company Profiles                                               167
               Alcoa Incorporated                                             168
               Allied Mineral Products Incorporated                           169
               Almatis GmbH                                                   171
               AluChem Incorporated                                           173
               American Precast Refractories, see Allied Mineral Products        
               ANH Refractories Company                                       175
               Asbury Carbons Incorporated                                    178
               BNZ Materials Incorporated                                     179
               CALDERYS, see Imerys SA                                           
               C-E Minerals Incorporated, see Imerys SA                          
               CerCo LLC                                                      181
               Chemical Lime Company, see Lhoist SA                              
               Chicago Fire Brick, see Allied Mineral Products                   
               Cookson Group plc                                              182
               Corning Incorporated                                           185
               Harbison-Walker Refractories, see ANH Refractories
               Imerys SA                                                      187
               Kerneos Incorporated, see Materis Holding Luxembourg SA           
               Kyanite Mining Corporation                                     191
               Lhoist SA                                                      192
               LWB Refractories GmbH & Company KG                             193
               Magneco/Metrel Incorporated                                    195
               Materis Holding Luxembourg SA                                  196
               Matrix Refractories, see Allied Mineral Products                  
               McDanel Advanced Ceramic Technologies LLC                      198
               Minerals Technologies Incorporated                             199
               Minteq International, see Minerals Technologies                   
               Monofrax Incorporated, see RHI AG                                 
               Morgan Crucible Company plc                                    202
               Morganite Crucible Incorporated, see Morgan Crucible              
               New Castle Refractories Company, see Resco Products
               North American Refractories, see ANH Refractories                 
               Plibrico Company                                               206
               Resco Products Incorporated                                    208
               RHI AG                                                         211
               Rio Tinto Group                                                214
               Saint-Gobain                                                   216
               Shenango Advanced Ceramics LLC, see Resco Products                
               Thermal Ceramics Americas, see Morgan Crucible                    
               Timcal SA, see Imerys SA                                          
               Treibacher Schleifmittel North America, see Imerys SA             
               TYK Corporation                                                220
               Unifrax I LLC                                                  221
               Vesuvius Group SA, see Cookson Group plc                          
               World Minerals Incorporated, see Imerys SA                        
                   Worldwide Refractories Incorporated, see Resco Products       
               Other Refractory Manufacturers                                 224
               Other Refractory Raw Material Suppliers                        236
               
				LIST OF TABLES
                                        
TABLE NUMBER                                                                 PAGE

               SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
           1   Summary Table                                                    3

               SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
           1   Economic Indicators                                              9
           2   Nonresidential Fixed Investment                                 11
           3   Manufacturers' Shipments by Industry                            13
           4   Selected Refractory Pricing                                     26
           5   Refractory Market, 1996-2006                                    29
           6   World Refractory Demand by Region                               34
           7   US Foreign Trade in Refractories                                36
           8   US Refractory Imports by Source                                 38
           9   US Refractory Exports by Destination                            40

               SECTION III -- FORMS
           1   Refractory Supply & Demand by Form                              44
           2   Refractory Brick & Shape Supply & Demand                        47
           3   Standard Brick Refractory Shipments                             49
           4   Preformed Shape Refractory Shipments                            52
           5   Monolithic Refractory Supply & Demand                           54
           6   Castable Refractory Shipments                                   56
           7   Plastic & Ramming Refractory Shipments                          58
           8   Gunning Mix Refractory Shipments                                59
           9   Bonding & Other Mortar Refractory Shipments                     61
          10   Other Refractory Form Supply & Demand                           63


               SECTION IV -- MATERIALS
           1   Refractory Supply & Demand by Material                          66
           2   Nonclay Refractory Supply & Demand                              69
           3   Magnesite & Chrome Refractory Shipments                         74
           4   Zircon & Zirconia Refractory Shipments                          77
           5   Extra-High Alumina Refractory Shipments                         79
           6   Ceramic Fiber Refractory Shipments                              82
           7   Silicon Carbide Refractory Shipments                            84
           8   Graphite & Carbon Refractory Shipments                          86
           9   Silica Refractory Shipments                                     88
          10   Mullite Refractory Shipments                                    90
          11   Dolomite & Other Nonclay Refractory Shipments                   93
          12   Clay Refractory Supply & Demand                                 96
          13   High-Alumina Clay Refractory Shipments                          99
          14   Fireclay Refractory Shipments                                  102
          15   Insulating Clay Refractory Shipments                           104

               SECTION V -- MARKETS
           1   Refractory Demand by Market                                    107
           2   Metal Industry Indicators                                      111
           3   Metal Industry Refractory Market                               117
           4   Iron & Steel Production Refractory Market                      118
           5   Nonferrous Metal Production Refractory Market                  125
           6   Metal Casting & Fabrication Refractory Market                  127
           7   Nonmetallic Mineral Product Shipments                          129
           8   Nonmetallic Mineral Product Refractory Market                  130
           9   Ceramic Refractory Market                                      132
          10   Glass Refractory Market                                        135
          11   Cement, Lime & Other Mineral Processing Refractory Market      138
          12   Engineering Contractor Refractory Market                       140
          13   Nonmanufacturing Refractory Market                             141
          14   Petroleum & Chemical Refractory Market                         144
          15   Other Manufacturing Industries Refractory Market               146

               SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
           1   Revenue Data: Selected Refractory & Raw Materials 
                   Manufacturers, 2006                                        151
           2   Capital Spending Patterns: Selected Refractory Manufacturers   161
           3   Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures                           166

					LIST OF CHARTS
                                        
CHART NUMBER                                                                 PAGE

               SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
           1   Melting Points of Industrial Materials & Refractories           18
           2   Selected Refractory Pricing, 1996-2016                          27
           3   Refractory Market, 1997-2006                                    30
           4   US Refractory Imports by Source, 2006                           39
           5   US Refractory Exports by Destination, 2006                      41

               SECTION III -- FORMS
           1   Refractory Demand by Form, 1996-2006                            45

               SECTION IV -- MATERIALS
           1   Refractory Demand by Material, 1996-2016                        67
           2   Nonclay Refractory Shipments by Material, 2006:
                   Value Vs. Volume                                            70
           3   Clay Refractory Shipments by Material, 2006:
                   Value Vs. Volume                                            97

               SECTION V -- MARKETS
           1   Refractory Demand by Market, 2006                              108
           2   Additional Refractory Demand by Market, 2006 Vs. 2011          108

               SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
           1   US Refractory Market Share by Company, 2006                    153
                                                                                 

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