The UK produces 1 million tonnes per year of kaolin, a raw material of ceramics, which a cross-sector interest group hopes to protect with EU-derived anti-dumping duties following the UK’s exit from the European Union. The UK ceramics industry is lobbying the UK government to ensure that anti-dumping duties for China based on existing EU …

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El pasado día 20 de Febrero tuvo lugar en la sede de Anfre en Madrid la Junta Directiva, la Asamblea General Ordinaria y las reuniones de nuestros distintos comités. Al tratarse de la primera reunión del año nos hemos centrado tanto en la aprobación de los acuerdos tomados durante el 2017 como en la organización …

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The company aims to have its fused magnesia line ‘up and running’ in Norway before year-end. Austrian refractory maker RHI is aiming to restart fused magnesia (FM) production at its partially-mothballed facility in Norway in December, the company told IM. After an initial announcement at the beginning of October, RHI said it is confident the …

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The paper investigates the wear damage origins and causes of refractory products in cremation furnaces, identifies various material characteristics for service time improvements and suggests new concepts for the thermal optimisation of lining materials. There are essentially two types of furnaces available in crematoria: multi-deck furnaces and flat-bed furnaces.  

The Henan government has ramped up efforts to combat pollution by implementing yet more shutdowns of brown fused alumina production later this year. This is set to cause more global supply disruptions since output was already intermittent in recent months. The government of Henan province in China will enforce large-scale brown fused alumina production stoppages from November 2017 …

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