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This work describes the studies to reuse secondary aluminium production waste (SAPW) derived from aluminium casting processes in the fabrication of mullite-based refractory ceramics. SAPW was characterized by using particle size analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF). Secondary aluminium production waste (SAPW), quartz and Grolleg kaolin were mixed stoichiometrically, according to chemical formula of mullite (3Al₂O₃·2SiO₂) by ball milling. Cylindrical samples were consolidated by uniaxial dry pressing and sintered at different temperatures (up to 1350°C). The phase and microstructural evolution, water absorption, bulk density, mechanical properties of sintered samples were investigated and refractory ceramics based on mullite were obtained.