UNITECR 2019: Opaque China prospects affecting planning ability for refractories industry – delegates
By Davide Ghilotti
Published: Tuesday, 15 October 2019
The supply chains of refractory raw materials as well as finished products could be drastically affected by China’s economic performance and political stance, but refractories operators lament a lack of visibility for strategy planning.
Uncertainty regarding the industrial performance of China in
2020 makes it "impossible" for market participants active in
refractories to plan ahead, delegates told Fastmarkets at the
Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories
(UNITECR) in Yokohama, Japan, on Monday October 14.
Contingencies including availability of raw materials, the
potential slowdown of...