High Carbon Steel Market : Growth and New Market Opportunities Explored 2017 – 2025

Increasing GDP of developing nations in Asia Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East and Africa are resulting in rapid urbanization, which in turn is providing a major boost to construction activities. This is serving to stoke the demand for carbon steel which is a much sought after construction material  for its use in making fences, pots, pans, bridges, buildings, and even wires.


Depending upon the proportions of iron and carbon in making carbon steel, it can be divided into low carbon steel, medium carbon steel, and high carbon steel. High carbon steel on account of the greater proportion of carbon in it is harder and more resistant to wear. It is also brittle on the flipside.

The properties of extreme hardness and resistance to wear makes high carbon steel perfect for making cutting tools having sharp edges and also masonry nails for penetrating super hard substances such as bricks or concrete blocks since it does not bend. It also finds usage in making farming and gardening equipment, compression springs, and other kinds of high-wear applications, namely high-strength wires, springs, dies, and punches.