Industrial Minerals


Refractories industry “cautious about the prospects for 2012”

17 November 2011

by Alex Feytis

Business fears impact of sovereign debt crisis in some countries says PRE president

Keywords: refractories, PRE, steel, cement, glass

Belgium-based European Refractories Producers Federation (PRE) remains prudent about what to expect next year for the refractories industry in Europe.

 

“In spite of the positive development so far, the industry remains very cautious about the prospects for 2012,” PRE’s president Robin Schmidt-Whitley told IM as “there is no visibility on what the...