The global refractory materials market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.74% during the forecast period because of the increase in the application of refractory materials in various end-use industries like steel and iron, non-metallic materials,non-ferrous metals, and energy.The shaped form of refractory materials constituted 57.6% of the market in 2015 and is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 2.76% over the next five years. However, the monolithic form will see faster growth at a CAGR of 5.02%.Of the various types of refractory materials, the clay and others segment had the largest market share of 61.3% in 2015. It will see faster growth than the non-clay segment at a CAGR of 4.57% during 2016-2020.Of the end users of refractory materials, the iron and steel industry accounted for 68.4% of the global market. It is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.87% over the forecast period. The fastest growing end user will be the non-metallic material segment, which is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.69% during the forecast period.APAC had the leading market share of 70.25% in 2015 and will see the highest growth rate with a forecast CAGR of 4.07% during 2016-2020. The primary reason for this is the growth of end-use industries like iron and steel, cement, glass, and energy in the region.

PART 01: Executive summary ............................................ 6

Highlights 6

PART 02: Scope of the report ............................................. 7

Market overview 7

Top-vendor offerings 10

PART 03: Market research methodology ......................... 12

Research methodology 12

Economic indicators 12

PART 04: Introduction ....................................................... 13

Key market highlights 13

Overview 14

PART 05: Market landscape .............................................. 15

Global refractory materials market 15

Five forces analysis 18

PART 06: Market segmentation by form .......................... 19

Global refractory materials market by form 19

Global shaped refractory materials market 21

Global monolithic refractory materials market 22

PART 07: Market segmentation by product type ............ 23

Global refractory materials market by product type 23

Global clay and other refractory materials market 25

Global non-clay refractory materials market 26

PART 08: Market segmentation by application ............... 27

Global refractory materials market by application 27

Refractory materials market share by application 28

Global refractory materials market in iron and steel

industry 28

Global refractory materials market in non-metallic

material industry 29

Global refractory materials market in non-ferrous metals

industry 31

Global refractory materials market in other industries 32

PART 09: Geographical segmentation ............................. 33

Global refractory materials market by geography 33

Refractory materials market in APAC 35

Refractory materials market in Europe 36

Refractory materials market in North America 37

Refractory materials market in ROW 38

PART 10: Key leading countries ...................................... 39

China 39

US 39

Brazil 39

Japan 39

Russia 39

India 40

PART 11: Market drivers ................................................... 41

Rapid growth and expansion of steel industry in

emerging market 41

Growth of end-user industries mainly glass and cement

industry 42

Surge in demand from power generation sector 43

Increase in R&D activities by vendors 44

PART 12: Impact of drivers ............................................... 45

PART 13: Market challenges ............................................. 46

Fluctuating cost of raw materials 46

Over dependence on steel industry 46

Static market conditions 46

Environmental and recyclability concerns 47

PART 14: Impact of drivers and challenges .................... 48

PART 15: Market trends .................................................... 49

Shift of refractory type from shaped to monolithic 49

Increasing number of mergers and acquisitions and other

growth strategies 49

Introduction of innovative products and ecorefractories

50

Development of refractory products in glass industry 50

PART 16: Vendor landscape ............................................. 51

Competitive scenario 51

Other prominent vendors 52

Calderys 54

Magnesita Refratarios 57

Minteq International 59

RHI 63

Saint-Gobain 65

Vesuvius 67

PART 17: Appendix ........................................................... 69

List of abbreviations 69

PART 18: Explore Technavio ............................................ 70