Refractory coatings can be used for slag hanging at the mouth and vulnerable areas of converters, ladles, torpedo cars, and hot metal ladles; this dataset includes major raw and auxiliary materials, energy, and waste from the production process, but infrastructure such as production equipment and plant construction is not included within the dataset boundary; the life cycle inventory is compiled from data from multiple sources; the production activities of refractory coatings include raw material procurement, batching, mixing, grinding, dispersion, formulation, quality inspection, packaging, and other processes.