Dr Yoke Fong, commercial director refractories Asia, of Qingdao Almatis Co. Ltd, Shanghai considers it the right time for China’s steel and refractory industries to adjust their product mix, by upgrading product performance in a more cost-effective manner, to face the increasingly challenging environment.
In her paper, “More than ten years of producing and supplying specialty alumina in China” to be presented at IM’s upcoming 8th Chinese Industrial Minerals Conference, 7-9 September in Qingdao, Fong examines China’s steel and refractories industry and discusses that in order to enter their next stage of development and tackle the global financial crisis, more technical innovation is needed.
Crude steel production in China during...