World Fused Alumina Forum 2013--Asian Metal

End of Forum: The World Fused Alumina Forum 2013 was held at Luoyang Huayang Plaza Hotel on April 18-19 successfully.; Major producers from Henan, Guizhou and Shandong including Henan Yilong, Sanmenxia Mingzhu, Mianchi Great Wall Corundum, and many others attended the conference and some of them made representations. Major consumers, such as RHI, Possehl and Calderys were also active participants in the forum as were foreign buyers from Germany and South Korea.; The first speech was delivered by Mr. Fan Zhenguo, the president of Henan Yilong High and New Materials Co., Ltd., and he reviewed the brown fused alumina market in 2012, and called for optimizing resource structure and resource allocation, improving the quality of resources and resource utilization by industry integration and combination.; Mr. Zhao Gansheng from White Dove Group Co.,Ltd delivered a presentation on the brown fused alumina market in transformation. He pointed out drawbacks of brown fused alumina, such as huge production capacity and backward of production; Tabular alumina was introduced to China in the late 1990s,and now widely applied in the production of high grade abrasives. Mr. Zhang Huiyou, President from Zibo Taibeilier Aluminum-magnesium Co., Ltd introduced the development history and current situation of tabular alumina.; Mr. Wang Zhenyu, Zibo Leipu Ceramic Material Co., Ltd introduced the technique of high purity white fused alumina epoxy filler.; Mr. Shen Lanying, General Manager of Guizhou Keyuan New Material Development Co., Ltd, analyed the current situation of the fused alumina market and pointed out the main problems existing in this industry and the development tendency in the future.; Mr. Wang Zhanmin, Vice-director, Sinosteel Luoyang Institute of Refractories Research Co., Ltd introduced the application characters of brown fused alumina refractories, key technologies and problems in application of brown fused alumina refractories.; Mr. Yang Xiaohui, Vice General Manager of Sanmenxia Mingzhu Smelting Co., Ltd gave a report on mergers and reorganization among brow fused alumina enterprises. He called on brown fused alumina producers going through mergers and reorganization to make more competitive in view of the huge capacity and fierce competition; Mr. Jiao Hua, Manager of Industrial Minerals Products in North China of SGS introduced some common problems in the third party inspection.; With experienced hosting of summits fr minor metals, ferroalloys and refractory materials, Asian Metal sincerely express gratitude for support and cooperation to companies in the related industries, and Asian Metal will continue to promote ideas for the betterment of the sector.; Looking forward to seeing you next year!