# Building materials and Steel

Building materials depends on steel.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/building-materials-and-steel/

[Building materials](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/building_materials/) (industry) and [Steel](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/steel/) (commodity): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Steel → Building materials*

2 of the enterprise types in Building materials depend on steel; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

- **2** enterprise types depend on it
- **4 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Kiln, mill and process-equipment suppliers: kiln shells and mill bodies (criticality 4 of 5)
- Ready-mix concrete and precast producers: rebar and strand in precast (criticality 2 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.