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BS 970 EN19 Steel: Price Gap

Demand price (median buyer ceiling from RFQs) versus offer price (median seller reserve from listings), and the gap between them, for BS 970 EN19 across India. Click a region to drill into states.

Live Signal Lifetime

Lifetime: The gap between buyer bids and seller asks, across everything ever listed on M-EX. Use this for the long view. For example, “Has this grade usually traded with buyers bidding above sellers?”

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Market direction

Market balanced

Price gap (National)

Rs. -87

Current

Rs. -87

211 RFQs · 594 listings

7 days ago

Rs. -87

Sellers were charging the same as today

211 RFQs · 594 listings

15 days ago

Rs. -89

Sellers were charging Rs. 2 more than today

210 RFQs · 593 listings

30 days ago

Rs. -354

Sellers were charging Rs. 267 more than today

196 RFQs · 575 listings

This gap is narrower than typical for Alloy Steel nationally (0.1% vs a 12.5% category average).
Direction has held at “balanced” for 47 days.

Demand above offer (positive gap)

Offer above demand (negative gap)

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Disclaimer: All information on this page is indicative only and derived from posted listings and RFQs on M-EX. It does not constitute a market price quote or investment advice. M-EX and GTE make no representations as to accuracy or completeness. Actual activity depends on quantity, quality, payment terms and other commercial factors agreed between buyers and sellers.

BS 970 EN19 is an Alloy Steel grade: EN19: 1 per cent chromium-molybdenum steel. Specified in BS 970:1955, Part 2. Typical applications: Gears, shafts, bolts, automotive axles.

Equivalent / Similar Grades (10)

Grade	Standard	Region
42CrMo4	EN10083	Europe
AISI 4140	AISI	USA
SCM440	JIS	Japan
SAE4140	SAE	USA
GB/T 3077 40Cr	GB/T 3077	China
709M40	BS 970 (Part 1)	UK
SS 2244	SS 14 22 44	Sweden
GOST 40HFA	GOST 4543	Russia
709M40	BS 970 (Part 1)	UK

Chemical Composition (%)

C	Si	Mn	Cr	Mo	S	P
0.35-0.45	0.10-0.35	0.50-0.80	0.90-1.50	0.20-0.40	<=0.050	<=0.050

Mechanical Properties

Tensile Strength	≥695 MPa (45 tons/sq in, converted)
Yield Strength	≥525 MPa (34 tons/sq in, converted)
Elongation	≥22%
Hardness	201-255 HB
Condition	Hardened and tempered R, ruling section 6 in (lowest-strength condition of the standard)