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BS 970 (Part 3) 817M40 Steel: Supply & Demand

Buyer RFQ demand against seller listing supply for BS 970 (Part 3) 817M40, 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	36	1	Deep Supply	67,676 to 101,724 median 88,443

BS 970 (Part 3) 817M40'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 (Part 3) 817M40 is an Alloy Steel grade: 817M40 is a alloy steel bright bar grade specified in BS 970 Part 3:1991 (bright bars for general engineering purposes). Typical applications: High tensile shafts, gears, crankshafts.

Equivalent / Similar Grades (10)

Grade	Standard	Region
EN24	BS 970	UK
AISI 4340	SAE	USA
34CrNiMo6	DIN	Germany
DIN 36CrNiMo4	DIN 17200	Germany
JIS SNCM439	JIS G4103	Japan
GB/T 40CrNiMoA	GB/T 3077	China
40NCD3	NF A35-552	France
40Ni6Cr4Mo3	IS 5517	India
817A37	BS 970 (Part 1)	UK
817A42	BS 970 (Part 1)	UK

Chemical Composition (%)

C	Si	Mn	P	S	Cr	Mo	Ni
0.36-0.44	0.10-0.40	0.45-0.70	<=0.035	<=0.040	1.00-1.40	0.20-0.35	1.30-1.70