Global Refractory Market by Size, by Type, by Application, by Region, History and Forecast 2020-2031

Summary

Refractory materials generally refer to inorganic non-metallic materials with refractory degree above 1580℃, which can withstand various physical and chemical changes and mechanical effects. Widely used in iron and steel, building materials, non-ferrous metals, chemicals, machinery, electricity and national defense and other high temperature industries, is a variety of high temperature thermal kiln and equipment indispensable important supporting materials, is also an important basic material for various high temperature industries.

According to APO Research, The global Refractory market is projected to grow from US$ million in 2025 to US$ million by 2031, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of % during the forecast period.

The US & Canada market for Refractory is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

Asia-Pacific market for Refractory is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

The China market for Refractory is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

Europe market for Refractory is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

The major global manufacturers of Refractory include RHI Magnesita, VESUVIUS, KROSAKI, SHINAGAWA, Imerys, HWI, MORGAN CRUCIBLE, SAINT-GOBAIN and Minteq, etc. In 2024, the world's top three vendors accounted for approximately % of the revenue.

In terms of production side, this report researches the Refractory production, growth rate, market share by manufacturers and by region (region level and country level), from 2020 to 2025, and forecast to 2031.

In terms of consumption side, this report focuses on the sales of Refractory by region (region level and country level), by company, by type and by application. from 2020 to 2025 and forecast to 2031.

This report presents an overview of global market for Refractory, capacity, output, revenue and price. Analyses of the global market trends, with historic market revenue or sales data for 2020 - 2024, estimates for 2025, and projections of CAGR through 2031.

This report researches the key producers of Refractory, also provides the consumption of main regions and countries. Of the upcoming market potential for Refractory, and key regions or countries of focus to forecast this market into various segments and sub-segments. Country specific data and market value analysis for the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, India, Germany, the U.K., Italy, Middle East, Africa, and Other Countries.

This report focuses on the Refractory sales, revenue, market share and industry ranking of main manufacturers, data from 2020 to 2025. Identification of the major stakeholders in the global Refractory market, and analysis of their competitive landscape and market positioning based on recent developments and segmental revenues. This report will help stakeholders to understand the competitive landscape and gain more insights and position their businesses and market strategies in a better way.

This report analyzes the segments data by type and by application, sales, revenue, and price, from 2020 to 2031. Evaluation and forecast the market size for Refractory sales, projected growth trends, production technology, application and end-user industry.


Refractory Segment by Company

RHI Magnesita
VESUVIUS
KROSAKI
SHINAGAWA
Imerys
HWI
MORGAN CRUCIBLE
SAINT-GOBAIN
Minteq
Resco
Qinghua Group
Puyang Refractory
Sinosteel
Lier
Jinlong Group
Sujia

Refractory Segment by Type

Shaped Refractories
Unshaped Refractories

Refractory Segment by Application

Steel Industry
Energy and Chemical Industry
Non-ferrous Metal
Cement
Glass

Refractory Segment by Region

North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries

Study Objectives

1. To analyze and research the global status and future forecast, involving, production, value, consumption, growth rate (CAGR), market share, historical and forecast.
2. To present the key manufacturers, capacity, production, revenue, market share, and Recent Developments.
3. To split the breakdown data by regions, type, manufacturers, and Application.
4. To analyze the global and key regions market potential and advantage, opportunity and challenge, restraints, and risks.
5. To identify significant trends, drivers, influence factors in global and regions.
6. To analyze competitive developments such as expansions, agreements, new product launches, and acquisitions in the market.

Reasons to Buy This Report

1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global Refractory market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Refractory and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in volume and value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market.
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally.
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of Refractory.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.

Chapter Outline

Chapter 1: Provides an overview of the Refractory market, including product definition, global market growth prospects, production value, capacity, and average price forecasts (2020-2031).
Chapter 2: Analysis key trends, drivers, challenges, and opportunities within the global Refractory industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Refractory market competition landscape. Including Refractory manufacturers' output value, output and average price from 2020 to 2025, as well as competition analysis indicators such as origin, product type, application, merger and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Provides the analysis of various market segments by type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 5: Provides the analysis of various market segments by application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product production/output, value, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7: Production/Production Value of Refractory by region. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region in the next six years.
Chapter 8: Consumption of Refractory in regional level and country level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and its main countries and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and production of each country in the world.
Chapter 9: Analysis of industrial chain, including the upstream and downstream of the industry.
Chapter 10: Concluding Insights of the report.

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1 Market Overview
1.1 Product Definition
1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
1.2.1 Global Refractory Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.2 Global Refractory Production Capacity Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.3 Global Refractory Production Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.4 Global Refractory Market Average Price (2020-2031)
1.3 Assumptions and Limitations
1.4 Study Goals and Objectives
2 Global Refractory Market Dynamics
2.1 Refractory Industry Trends
2.2 Refractory Industry Drivers
2.3 Refractory Industry Opportunities and Challenges
2.4 Refractory Industry Restraints
3 Refractory Market by Manufacturers
3.1 Global Refractory Production Value by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Refractory Production by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Refractory Average Price by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
3.4 Global Refractory Industry Manufacturers Ranking, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2025
3.5 Global Refractory Key Manufacturers Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters
3.6 Global Refractory Manufacturers, Product Type & Application
3.7 Global Refractory Manufacturers Established Date
3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
3.8.1 Global Refractory Market CR5 and HHI
3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Refractory Players Market Share by Production Value in 2024
3.8.3 2024 Refractory Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Refractory Market by Type
4.1 Refractory Type Introduction
4.1.1 Shaped Refractories
4.1.2 Unshaped Refractories
4.2 Global Refractory Production by Type
4.2.1 Global Refractory Production by Type (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
4.2.2 Global Refractory Production by Type (2020-2031)
4.2.3 Global Refractory Production Market Share by Type (2020-2031)
4.3 Global Refractory Production Value by Type
4.3.1 Global Refractory Production Value by Type (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
4.3.2 Global Refractory Production Value by Type (2020-2031)
4.3.3 Global Refractory Production Value Market Share by Type (2020-2031)
5 Refractory Market by Application
5.1 Refractory Application Introduction
5.1.1 Steel Industry
5.1.2 Energy and Chemical Industry
5.1.3 Non-ferrous Metal
5.1.4 Cement
5.1.5 Glass
5.2 Global Refractory Production by Application
5.2.1 Global Refractory Production by Application (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
5.2.2 Global Refractory Production by Application (2020-2031)
5.2.3 Global Refractory Production Market Share by Application (2020-2031)
5.3 Global Refractory Production Value by Application
5.3.1 Global Refractory Production Value by Application (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
5.3.2 Global Refractory Production Value by Application (2020-2031)
5.3.3 Global Refractory Production Value Market Share by Application (2020-2031)
6 Company Profiles
6.1 RHI Magnesita
6.1.1 RHI Magnesita Comapny Information
6.1.2 RHI Magnesita Business Overview
6.1.3 RHI Magnesita Refractory Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.1.4 RHI Magnesita Refractory Product Portfolio
6.1.5 RHI Magnesita Recent Developments
6.2 VESUVIUS
6.2.1 VESUVIUS Comapny Information
6.2.2 VESUVIUS Business Overview
6.2.3 VESUVIUS Refractory Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.2.4 VESUVIUS Refractory Product Portfolio
6.2.5 VESUVIUS Recent Developments
6.3 KROSAKI
6.3.1 KROSAKI Comapny Information
6.3.2 KROSAKI Business Overview
6.3.3 KROSAKI Refractory Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.3.4 KROSAKI Refractory Product Portfolio
6.3.5 KROSAKI Recent Developments
6.4 SHINAGAWA
6.4.1 SHINAGAWA Comapny Information
6.4.2 SHINAGAWA Business Overview
6.4.3 SHINAGAWA Refractory Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.4.4 SHINAGAWA Refractory Product Portfolio
6.4.5 SHINAGAWA Recent Developments
6.5 Imerys
6.5.1 Imerys Comapny Information
6.5.2 Imerys Business Overview
6.5.3 Imerys Refractory Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.5.4 Imerys Refractory Product Portfolio
6.5.5 Imerys Recent Developments
6.6 HWI
6.6.1 HWI Comapny Information
6.6.2 HWI Business Overview
6.6.3 HWI Refractory Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.6.4 HWI Refractory Product Portfolio
6.6.5 HWI Recent Developments
6.7 MORGAN CRUCIBLE
6.7.1 MORGAN CRUCIBLE Comapny Information
6.7.2 MORGAN CRUCIBLE Business Overview
6.7.3 MORGAN CRUCIBLE Refractory Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.7.4 MORGAN CRUCIBLE Refractory Product Portfolio
6.7.5 MORGAN CRUCIBLE Recent Developments
6.8 SAINT-GOBAIN
6.8.1 SAINT-GOBAIN Comapny Information
6.8.2 SAINT-GOBAIN Business Overview
6.8.3 SAINT-GOBAIN Refractory Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.8.4 SAINT-GOBAIN Refractory Product Portfolio
6.8.5 SAINT-GOBAIN Recent Developments
6.9 Minteq
6.9.1 Minteq Comapny Information
6.9.2 Minteq Business Overview
6.9.3 Minteq Refractory Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.9.4 Minteq Refractory Product Portfolio
6.9.5 Minteq Recent Developments
6.10 Resco
6.10.1 Resco Comapny Information
6.10.2 Resco Business Overview
6.10.3 Resco Refractory Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.10.4 Resco Refractory Product Portfolio
6.10.5 Resco Recent Developments
6.11 Qinghua Group
6.11.1 Qinghua Group Comapny Information
6.11.2 Qinghua Group Business Overview
6.11.3 Qinghua Group Refractory Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.11.4 Qinghua Group Refractory Product Portfolio
6.11.5 Qinghua Group Recent Developments
6.12 Puyang Refractory
6.12.1 Puyang Refractory Comapny Information
6.12.2 Puyang Refractory Business Overview
6.12.3 Puyang Refractory Refractory Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.12.4 Puyang Refractory Refractory Product Portfolio
6.12.5 Puyang Refractory Recent Developments
6.13 Sinosteel
6.13.1 Sinosteel Comapny Information
6.13.2 Sinosteel Business Overview
6.13.3 Sinosteel Refractory Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.13.4 Sinosteel Refractory Product Portfolio
6.13.5 Sinosteel Recent Developments
6.14 Lier
6.14.1 Lier Comapny Information
6.14.2 Lier Business Overview
6.14.3 Lier Refractory Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.14.4 Lier Refractory Product Portfolio
6.14.5 Lier Recent Developments
6.15 Jinlong Group
6.15.1 Jinlong Group Comapny Information
6.15.2 Jinlong Group Business Overview
6.15.3 Jinlong Group Refractory Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.15.4 Jinlong Group Refractory Product Portfolio
6.15.5 Jinlong Group Recent Developments
6.16 Sujia
6.16.1 Sujia Comapny Information
6.16.2 Sujia Business Overview
6.16.3 Sujia Refractory Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.16.4 Sujia Refractory Product Portfolio
6.16.5 Sujia Recent Developments
7 Global Refractory Production by Region
7.1 Global Refractory Production by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.2 Global Refractory Production by Region (2020-2031)
7.2.1 Global Refractory Production by Region: 2020-2025
7.2.2 Global Refractory Production Forecast by Region: 2026-2031
7.3 Global Refractory Production by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.4 Global Refractory Production Value by Region (2020-2031)
7.4.1 Global Refractory Production Value by Region: 2020-2025
7.4.2 Global Refractory Production Value by Region (2026-2031)
7.5 Global Refractory Market Price Analysis by Region (2020-2031)
7.6 Regional Production Value Trends (2020-2031)
7.6.1 North America Refractory Production Value (2020-2031)
7.6.2 Europe Refractory Production Value (2020-2031)
7.6.3 Asia-Pacific Refractory Production Value (2020-2031)
7.6.4 South America Refractory Production Value (2020-2031)
7.6.5 Middle East & Africa Refractory Production Value (2020-2031)
8 Global Refractory Consumption by Region
8.1 Global Refractory Consumption by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.2 Global Refractory Consumption by Region (2020-2031)
8.2.1 Global Refractory Consumption by Region (2020-2025)
8.2.2 Global Refractory Consumption by Region (2026-2031)
8.3 North America
8.3.1 North America Refractory Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.3.2 North America Refractory Consumption by Country (2020-2031)
8.3.3 U.S.
8.3.4 Canada
8.3.5 Mexico
8.4 Europe
8.4.1 Europe Refractory Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.4.2 Europe Refractory Consumption by Country (2020-2031)
8.4.3 Germany
8.4.4 France
8.4.5 U.K.
8.4.6 Italy
8.4.7 Netherlands
8.5 Asia Pacific
8.5.1 Asia Pacific Refractory Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.5.2 Asia Pacific Refractory Consumption by Country (2020-2031)
8.5.3 China
8.5.4 Japan
8.5.5 South Korea
8.5.6 Southeast Asia
8.5.7 India
8.5.8 Australia
8.6 South America
8.6.1 South America Refractory Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.6.2 South America Refractory Consumption by Country (2020-2031)
8.6.3 Brazil
8.6.4 Argentina
8.6.5 Chile
8.6.6 Colombia
8.7 Middle East & Africa
8.7.1 Middle East & Africa Refractory Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.7.2 Middle East & Africa Refractory Consumption by Country (2020-2031)
8.7.3 Egypt
8.7.4 South Africa
8.7.5 Israel
8.7.6 Türkiye
8.7.7 GCC Countries
9 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis
9.1 Refractory Value Chain Analysis
9.1.1 Refractory Key Raw Materials
9.1.2 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
9.1.3 Manufacturing Cost Structure
9.1.4 Refractory Production Mode & Process
9.2 Refractory Sales Channels Analysis
9.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
9.2.2 Refractory Distributors
9.2.3 Refractory Customers
10 Concluding Insights
11 Appendix
11.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
11.2 Research Methodology
11.3 Research Process
11.4 Authors List of This Report
11.5 Data Source
11.5.1 Secondary Sources
11.5.2 Primary Sources
11.6 Disclaimer

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