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Hundreds brave Typhoon Hagibis to attend UNITECR 2019

By Andrea Ross / October 30, 2019

Less than 24 hours before the scheduled start of the 2019 Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories, Super Typhoon Hagibis hit northern Japan. More than 680 people braved the weather to attend the conference, which featured 241 scheduled presentations and the induction of three Distinguished Life Members.

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Raw materials on everybody’s mind at UNITECR 2017 in Santiago, Chile

By Eileen De Guire / October 4, 2017

The refractory community met at UNITECR 2017 in Santiago, Chile, the last week of September. Raw material prices and trends, as well as advances in technology, were at the forefront.

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