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BS 970 EN1A Leaded Steel: Supply & Demand

Buyer RFQ demand against seller listing supply for BS 970 EN1A Leaded, broken down by form. Signals are indicative and derived from listings and RFQs.

Last updated: 16 Oct 2026, 1:00 AM

Live Signal Lifetime

Lifetime: This grade’s supply and demand by form, across everything ever listed on M-EX. Use this for the long view. For example, “Has this grade historically drawn more buyers than sellers?”

Shortage

In Demand

Healthy

Oversupplied

Deep Supply

Low Activity

Form	Supply	Demand	Status	Price Band (Rs./MT)
Round Bar	51	0	Deep Supply	70,000 to 73,070 median 71,857
Hex Bar	0	1	Low Activity	Insufficient data

BS 970 EN1A Leaded's demand ranks in the top 38% of all 484 tracked grades platform-wide.

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 EN1A Leaded is a Free Machining Steel grade: Leaded free cutting steel, superior machinability. Typical applications: High speed automatic machining, precision parts.

Equivalent / Similar Grades (5)

Grade	Standard	Region
11SMnPb30	DIN	Germany
SAE12L14	SAE	USA
9SMnPb28	EN	Europe
SUM22L	JIS	Japan
12L14	SAE J403	USA

Chemical Composition (%)

C	Mn	S	Pb
0.07–0.15	0.80–1.20	0.20–0.30	0.15–0.35

Mechanical Properties

Tensile Strength	380–490 MPa
Elongation	≥20%
Hardness	≤152 HB