Component
Steel
Flat-rolled carbon steel from US blast furnaces and electric-arc mills. Blast furnaces flux the ore with limestone.
Criticality
Low
Unit cost
$700
Quality
55 / 100
US saturation
80.0
Made in US
80,000,000 tonnes
Current demand
100,000,000 tonnes
US exports
6,400,000 tonnes
Opportunity score
37.9
Domestic vs international supply
Planned US investment, next 5 years
$2B
Expected extra output: 710,000 tonnes per year
Used by
- Absorption cooler
- Air fryer basket
- Alkaline core
- Ballscrew
- Battery contactor
- Brake assembly
- Check valve
- Circuit breaker
- Coated steel drum
- Copper alternator
- Diesel engine
- Dish rack
- Distribution transformer
- Door lock
- Drill chuck
- Drum bearing
- Electrical steel
- Electronic expansion valve
- Electronic-trip breaker
- Elevator car
- Elevator counterweight
- Elevator door
- Elevator guide rail
- Elevator rope
- Elevator safety gear
- Enameled-steel shell
- Espresso boiler
- Exhaust system
- Fabric cutting blade
- FDM hotend
- Ferrite magnet
- Forklift fork
- Fuel system
- Gas burner
- Gasoline engine
- Haptic actuator
- Heat exchanger
- Hermetic compressor
- Hydraulic cylinder
- Hydraulic pump
- Insulating glass unit
- Iron phosphate
- Linear rail
- Machine spindle
- Magnetron
- Monitor stand
- Mower blade
- Neodymium magnet
- NiMH battery
- Opener rail
- Oven door
- Oven rack
- Piston air end
- Power supply
- Pressure gauge
- Pressure switch
- Pump impeller
- Resistive heating element
- Reversing valve
- Rotary compressor
- Saw blade
- Screw air end
- Scroll compressor
- Servo motor
- Sewing hook
- Sewing needle
- Sheet-steel shell
- Stainless steel
- Steel and plastic housing
- Steel chassis
- Steel housing
- Steel pump housing
- Steel roller
- Steel tank
- Steering rack
- Stepper motor
- Suspension
- Tank drain
- Thermostat
- Thermostatic expansion valve
- Tire
- Traction machine
- Transmission
- Universal motor
- USB-C port
- Washer door
- Washer suspension
- Water pipe
- Weld inverter
- Weld transformer
- Welding wire
Product paths
- Air compressor map
- Air fryer map
- Alkaline cell map
- Band saw map
- Blender map
- CNC mill map
- CNC router map
- Ceiling fan map
- Clothes dryer map
- Clothes iron map
- Coffee maker map
- Commercial dryer map
- Commercial refrigerator map
- Commercial washer map
- Conveyor map
- Cooker hob map
- Copier map
- Dehumidifier map
- Desktop monitor map
- Dishwasher map
- Distribution transformer map
- Drill press map
- E-bike map
- EV wall charger map
- Electric kettle map
- Elevator map
- Embroidery machine map
- Espresso machine map
- FDM 3D printer map
- Fabric cutter map
- Faucet map
- Forklift map
- Fridge map
- Garage door opener map
- Garbage disposal map
- Gas furnace map
- Generator map
- Geyser map
- HVAC rooftop unit map
- Hair dryer map
- Heat pump map
- Home battery map
- Hydraulic press map
- Ice machine map
- Industrial pump map
- Industrial sewing machine map
- Inkjet printer map
- Insulating glass unit map
- Label printer map
- Laptop map
- Laser cutter map
- Laser printer map
- Lawn mower map
- Load center map
- MIG welder map
- Manual lathe map
- Manual mill map
- Microwave map
- Oven map
- POS terminal map
- Pallet jack map
- Passenger car map
- Plasma cutter map
- Pool pump map
- Power drill map
- Quadcopter drone map
- Quadruped map
- Range hood map
- Robot vacuum map
- Room air conditioner map
- Serger map
- Sewing machine map
- Smartphone map
- Smoke alarm map
- Solar module map
- Surface grinder map
- TIG welder map
- Tablet map
- Television map
- Toaster map
- Vacuum cleaner map
- Washing machine map
- Water pipe map
- Wi-Fi router map
- Wireless earbuds map