工业研究公司的一项最新报告预测,以预期的价格升高为基础,到2012年全世界对耐火材料的需求将小幅稳定增长,每年平均增长3.5%或4.5%。弗里多尼亚集团、克利夫兰、俄亥俄研究公司均认为2012年耐火材料的总市场价格应为285亿美元。报告指出,世界范围的经济困境将会把需求量限制在2009年以前的水平,但是有研究预测2012年将有所回暖,并“通过增加使用更高性能 A recent report by industrial research firms predicts that worldwide demand for refractory materials will show a steady, steady increase of 3.5% or 4.5% annually by 2012, on the basis of expected price increases. The Freedonia Group, Cleveland, and Ohio Research Inc. both believe that the total market price for refractory materials in 2012 should be $ 28.5 billion. The report pointed out that the global economic downturn will limit the demand to pre-2009 levels, but some studies predict that it will pick up in 2012 and ”by increasing the use of higher performance