PRE congress 2016 in Krakow, Poland The 63rd PRE congress took place in Krakow, Poland and was attended by over 80 participants from 13 European countries. During the PRE Economic Committee and General Assembly, PRE members were updated on 2015 PRE production statistics and the different European policies currently being debated in the European institutions …

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The Freiberg Refractories Forum 2015 was organized on 8-9 December 2015 in Freiberg/DE by the Institute of Ceramics, Glass and Construction Materials (IKGB) at Freiberg University of Mining and Technology in cooperation with the DFG (German Research Foundation) to present the result of the second research period of the DFG-project «Refractories Iniciative for the Reduction …

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Este mes de junio ha tenido lugar en Llanera, Oviedo, el Curso de Materiales Refractarios ofrecido por ANFRE e impartido por el ITMA. Este curso ha sido íntegramente para personal de las empresas asociadas de ANFRE. Se ha tratado de un curso en el que se ha combinado a la perfección las clases teóricas con …

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Intermediate means a substance that is manufactured for and consumed in or used for chemical processing in order to be transformed into another substance […]. Intermediates are exempted from authorisation under REACH Art. 2(1c) and Art. 2(8b) 1 Background During the manufacture of slide gate assemblies, PRE member companies use “Coal Tar Pitch high temperature” …

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    Ceramic minerals – Taking the floor