Al2O3- SiC - C castables for iron trough with fused magnesia powder (0, 3% , 6% , 9% and 12% ) were prepared with brown fused corundum particles (5 -3 mm, 3-1 mm, ≤1 mm), white fused corundum powder (≤0. 088 mm), SiC particle (≤1 mm) and powder (≤0. 088 mm ) , fused magnesia powder (≤ 0.088 mm ), reactive α-Al2O3 micropowder, ultrafine SiO2, Si powder and sphere pitch as main starting mate-rials and calcium aluminate cement as binder. The spec-imens were fired at 1 100 ℃ and 1 450 ℃ for 3 h after vibrating moulding, curing, demoulding and drying at 110 ℃ for 24 h. Bulk density, apparent porosity, line-ar change rate, modulus of rupture, resistance to blast furnace slag, oxidation resistance, phase composition and microstructure of the specimens were analyzed. The results show that : ( 1 ) With fused magnesia addition increasing, apparent porosity increases, while bulk den-sity, modulus of rupture and oxidation resistance de-cline, slag resistance varies slightly; (2) The main crystal phases in the specimens fired at 1 450 ℃ for 3 h are 3C-SiC, 6H - SiC, corundum, periclase, reac-tion-synthesized spinel and mullite; the quantity of the formed spinel and mullite increases with the increase of fased magnesite addition; (3) Along the corroded side, spinel layer with about 80 μm thickness forms at the co-rundum particles boundary.