refractories WORLDFORUM – Manufacturing & Performance of High-Temperature Materials

refractories WORLDFORUM is the most comprehensive technical and scientific journal for the entire refractories sector. Technology, development and application of high-temperature materials are the focus. refractories WORLDFORUM updates its readers on state-of-the-art processes and innovative technologies for the following sectors: 

  • iron and steel
  • non-ferrous metals and aluminium
  • cement, lime, glass and ceramics
  • foundry and power generation
  • petrochemical and waste incineration

refractories WORLDFORUM addresses refractories professionals worldwide, i.e. in the production of refractories as well as in industries processing and consuming refractories, raw materials and additives, plant and machine suppliers. Each issue also features market analyses of selected countries, company profiles and interviews with manufacturers and suppliers, reports on new and upgraded plants as well as news items on companies, people, products, events. 

Search Supplier

Search the entire site

Newest Technologies

Job offers

Global News

Calendar

Literature / Articles

Calendar

ECREF-Seminar REFRACTORIES – Key Technology and its Applications

from

24. June 2025

till

26. June 2025
Oberhausen / DE
https://www.ecref.eu/en/events/key-technology

FIRE Summer School

from

28. August 2025

till

29. August 2025
Dresden/DE and online
https://ecers.org/fire-ecers-summer-school

International Colloquium on Refractories: ICR 2025

from

17. September 2025

till

18. September 2025
Aachen / DE
https://www.ic-refractories.eu/
see all events

News and Latest Articles

Company News, General, Global News

Refratechnik Celebrates its 75th Anniversary

With the founding of Steinwerke Feuerfest Karl Albert in Vogelbeck near Göttingen in 1950, the success story of the now globally active Refratechnik Group, now headquartered in Munich, began. In...
read more
Company News, General, Global News, Laboratory Equipment

Welcome to the Refractories Centre of Excellence at Lucideon

Freshly established this year and with kit delivery still underway, Lucideon’s site in Stone/UK now hosts a complete end-to-end capability suitable for the scale and complexity of large refractories projects....
read more
Company News, General, Global News, Iron and Steel, Market & Economy

The Steel Production Resumes at LIBERTY Galați

LIBERTY Galați, Romania, has restarted its production operations by reactivating Blast Furnace No. 5, marking a significant milestone in the company’s plans to continue its activity as a strategic pillar...
read more
Company News, Firing, General, Global News, Shaped Refractories

INTOCAST Commissions Europe’s Most Advanced Tempering Kiln for MgO-C bricks

With the official commissioning of its new high performance tempering kiln from Riedhammer/DE, INTOCAST/DE has reached another milestone in the strategic development of its Oberhausen plant. Since acquiring the site in...
read more
General

UNITECR 2025 Making Waves as Cancun Awaits

Plans continue at pace for UNITECR 2025 – the 19th Biennial Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories that will take place at the JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa from...
read more
General, Iron and Steel, Recycling/ Environmental Technologies

Steel Mill Slag for Solar Energy

The new STARS research project started with a kick-off in March with the aim of making steel mill slag usable as a raw material for the production of high-quality end...
read more