The invention relates to the field of fireproof materials for steel metallurgy, and in particular relates to a dry-type gunning material for a steel refining furnace. The dry-type gunning material comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 70 to 80 percent of magnesite, 5 to 20 percent of magnesium olive sand, 5 to 20 percent of magnesium-aluminum spinelle, 3 to 10 percent of mullite and 3 to 10 percent of adhesive, wherein the adhesive is a combination of one or any two or any three of industrial sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate and sodium metasilicate. The dry-type gunning material has the outstanding advantages of high adhesiveness, high adhesive rate, high sintering rate, high intensity, high steel erosion resistance and high slag iron erosion, and the service life of a gunned layer is prolonged; and furthermore, the raw materials are readily available and low in cost, so that the gunning efficiency can be effectively improved, and the steel refining cost is reduced.