SiC powder was rapidly synthesized in an induction furnace with crystalline silicon cutting waste and active carbon as raw materials, and then SiC porous ceramics were prepared at 1 600 ℃ for 4 h with carbon embedded using the powder as raw material, the starch and the graphite as pore-forming agents. Effects of additions of different pore-forming agents on the phase composition, microstructures, physical properties, and cold crushing strength of the porous ceramics were investigated. The results show that the main crystalline phases of the synthetic powder are α-SiC (6H-SiC) and β-SiC (3C-SiC). The phase composition of the porous ceramics includes α-SiC (6H-SiC), β-SiC (3C-SiC), FeSi, quartz and Si2N2O. The apparent porosity and closed porosity of the porous ceramics prepared by adding starch are higher, and the cold compressive strength of the porous ceramics added with graphite is higher. As increasing the additions of the starch, the apparent porosity, closed porosity and linear shrinkage ratio of the porous ceramics increase, and the bulk density decreases correspondingly. When 20 mass% starch is added, the apparent porosity, closed porosity, linear shrinkage ratio and cold compressive strength are 57.05%, 2.03%, 5.10% and 10.20 MPa, respectively.