Materials Technology Publications of Watford has published a comprehensive 565-page report on the refractories industry, entitled European and International Refractories Industry: A Market/Technology Report. The report was published towards the end of 2004, and so includes statistical data up to and including 2003. The main body of the report comprises five chapters: Raw Materials Demand & Suppliers: Trends in User Industries: Markets by Refractory product; Markets, Production & Trade by Country; and Company Profiles. A set of useful appendices includes currency exchange rates, bibliography, company subsidiary cross reference, company addresses, standardisation, multilingual list in terms used in the refractories industry, and abbreviations. For more information please contact MTP, Watford, fax: 01923 211510
