Refractories are heat and thermal-stress resistant materials which line furnaces and reactors in steel, foundry, cement, glass, ceramic, metals and related industries. Without refractories, modern conveniences such as cars, planes, paved roads, plates, bottles and glasses would be nearly impossible to manufacture.
Refractory & Steel
Materials in the refractory/steel sector are sold predominately for metallurgical applications to specialty refractory producers, steel foundries, and steel mills. End uses include monolithic vessel linings, special refractory shapes, tundish sprays, and ladle sands. These are high temperature applications where metal temperatures often exceed 3000 degrees Fahrenheit. Products include magnesia, olivine, chromite, zircon, and iron pyrites among others.
Additionally, Prince Minerals offers toll-processing capacity at its plants for refractory/steel applications such as tundish sprays / gunning mixes, ladle sands, EBT tap hole fill, and specialty blends.
| Minerals | Products |
|---|---|
| Dead Burned Magnesite | BrickMax™ |
| Feldspar | Calcined Bauxite |
| Iron Chromite | Chromox® |
| Iron Pyrites | Ground Potash Feldspar |
| Manganese | Ladle Sands |
| Olivine | Pre-mixed Investment Casting Coatings |
| Perlite | PyriteMAX™ |
| Rutile | Refractory Sprays/Mixes |
| Zircon | Rutile Sand |
| Silica Sand/Flour | |
| ZirCAST™ | |
| Zircon Sand/Flour |