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Refractory Clays
All industrial processes involving high-temperature treatment
generally consume refractory products, with the main markets
being (in decreasing order of consumed volume) the iron-and-steel,
cement, glass and brick industries.

1995 EU production of sillimanite minerals
(Unit: t)
| France |
50.000
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| Spain |
1.000
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| Sweden |
6.000
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| Total |
57.000
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Source : European Commission D6 III : European Minerals Yearbook.
Second edition 1996-7. Luxembourg 1998.
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