The Second World Refractories Association General Assembly took place on 27 September in Santiago de Chile, in the context of the UNITECR 2017. The WRA General Assembly offered an opportunity to present the initial work developed by the WRA since the 1st General Assembly in Vienna in 2015 regarding statistics, customs codes revision and safety data collection. About 40 participants attended the event and exchanged on the future orientations and objectives of the World Refractories Association. The third WRA General Assembly will be organised in the context of UNITECR 2019 in Yokohama, Japan.