CIMME 2025 held successfully in China from September 9th to 11th

2025-09-12

Sep. 12, 2025 - The 6th China International Metallurgical Materials Exposition (CIMME 2025), organized by Tangshan Yinnailian E-Business Co., Ltd. (Refractories Window, Refwin) and supported by The Association of China Refractories Industry (ACRI) and The Association of Hebei Refractories Industry (AHRI), was held successfully in Tangshan Nanhu International Convention and Exhibition Center, Hebei Province, China from 9th to 11th September, 2025.

As a professional exhibition on refractory supply chain, CIMME is held once a year, and has been successfully held for five sessions, covering exhibition, trading, discussion and brand promotion. On the basis of the success of previous sessions, CIMME 2025 continues to adopt the format of "industry exhibition + forum activities", making its scale and influence have been further expanded, by bringing together more than 400 exhibitors of refractory minerals, refractory raw materials, refractory products, refractory equipment and metallurgical furnace charge from various refractory production bases in China and abroad, and attracting over 20,000 visitors from China, Japan, S. Korea, USA, UK, India, Russia, Vietnam, Malaysia, South Africa, Egypt, and so on.

The opening ceremony of CIMME 2025, presided over by Mr LI Yongquan, the Executive Vice President of ACRI, was held at 9:00 am on 9th of September, the welcoming speeches wererespectively delivered by Mr Bo Jun, the President of ACRI, and Mr Qi Wenfang, the President of AHRI, and Mr Qi declared the opening of the conference, with the guests presented including executives or representatives from PRCO Group, Refractechnik China, Hebei Guoliang, Krosaki Harima, Morgan, Ruitai, Fuziling, ChianaRef, Kaiyuan, Zhongjian, Luke, Xuankun, Shuangfeng, Allied Rongda, Allied Minerals, New Century, Huifeng, Bosheng, Qinai, Sannai, Xingkai, Ruiyuan, Haoyun, Heyuan, CMP, Freyr, Fangshan, Kyanite, Korla Elite, Jinlei, Guofeng, Pengfei, etc.

At the theme forum after the opening ceremony, several industry professionals shared their reports, discussing the current situation, problems and future prospects of the development of refractory materials and its related industries, such as "Problems and Healthy Development of China's Refractories Industry" made by Mr. Liu Baikuan, President of PRCO (Puyang Refractories Corporation), "Economic Operation Analysis and Development Trends of China's Carbon Industry" made by Mr Fu Qiang, Deputy Secretary-General of the China Carbon Industry Association, “Current Situation and Future Prospects of China's Ferroalloy Industry” made by Mr Shi Wanli, Secretary-General of China Ferroalloy Industry Association, "Current Situation and Trends of China's Non-ferrous Metal Industry" made by Mr Song Chao, Director of the Policy Research Office and Senior Engineer of China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, and "Operation of the Steel Industry in Hebei Province and the Situation It Is Facing" made by Mr Bai Yuwen, Deputy Secretary-General of the Hebei Metallurgical Industry Association.

On the afternoon of September 9, the new product, new technologies, new processes, and new models launch conference was successfully held, with topics covering refractory raw materials, refractory products, intelligent equipment, Investment, Cooperation, etc., and contents covering "Fast-drying, Early Strength, Explosion-proof - Super sol-bonded Monolithic Refractories", "The Application of Highly Active Metakaolin in the Refractory Industry", "Investment Opportunities and Market Space of High-temperature New Silicon-aluminum-magnesium Materials in the Southwest and Northwest of China", "AI Drives the High-end Intelligent Upgrade of Metallurgy", and "An Invitation for Partners of Sintering Tabular Alumina".

It is worth mentioning that during the three-day Exposition, over 20 sessions of business talks between suppliers and purchasers were held one after another, which were well received by participating enterprises, because it not only helps suppliers increase business opportunities, but also helps buyers save time and improve efficiency, with products involved covering Brown fused alumina (BFA), White fused alumina (WFA), Dead burned magnesia (DBM), Fused magnesia (FM), Calcined bauxite, Dense fused alumina (DFA), Tabular alumina, Alumina bubble, α-alumina, Flake graphite, MgO-Al spinel, Sintered mullite, Fused mullite, Silicon carbide, Silica fume, Phenolic resin, Andalusite, Flint Clay, Sliding gate, Porous plug, Mold flux, Press, Ferro-alloy, Castables, Ramming mass, Dry vibrating materials, Carburant, overall contracting for ironmaking and steel-making, etc.

The three-day CIMME 2025 drew to an end on the afternoon of 11th of September, with rich activities, exhibitors and visitors exchanges, cooperation negotiations, and full harvest. However, the enthusiasm for disscussion on cooperation between suppliers and buyers lasted well beyond the end of the exposition. Let's meet again at CIMME 2026 next year!