# Metal products and Nickel

Metal products depends on nickel.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/metal-products-and-nickel/

[Metal products](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/metal_products/) (industry) and [Nickel](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/nickel/) (commodity): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Nickel → Metal products*

4 of the enterprise types in Metal products depend on nickel; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

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

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Ferroalloy and alloying-element suppliers: austenitic stainless (criticality 4 of 5)
- Forging shops: alloy steels (criticality 3 of 5)
- Fastener, spring, wire and precision-machining makers: stainless fasteners (criticality 3 of 5)
- Galvanisers, platers and heat treaters: nickel plating (criticality 2 of 5)

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