Tungsten Market Analysis

Tungsten Market Analysis

Based on application, global market has been segmented into tungsten carbide, metal alloys, mill products, and other applications such as salts, tungstates, sulfides, oxides, etc. Carbide is the largest application segment and is likely to grow with a CAGR of around 8% during the forecast period. Increasing usage of these products as drilling, boring, and cutting tools in various industries will drive the tungsten market.
 

Mill products segment accounted for around one-tenth of the overall market. The segment’s demand is likely to grow by more than 7% from 2018 to 2025. Mill products are pure tungsten metal products such as electrodes, lighting filaments, electrical & electronic contacts, sheets, wires, rods, etc. Developments in the electronics industry will be the major factor driving the mill tungsten market growth during the forecast period.
 

Based on end-use, the global tungsten market is segmented as automotive parts, aerospace components, drilling, boring & cutting equipment, logging equipment, electrical & electronics appliances, and other end-uses including chemical, defense equipment, etc. Drilling, boring and cutting equipment is a major end-use sector in the product market.
 

The segment will register around 8% CAGR during the forecast period. These equipment are used in mining, construction, oil & gas, and metalworking industries.
 

Aerospace components is also an important tungsten market end-use sector which is poised to grow by more than 7% CAGR during the forecast period. The product is extensively used in manufacturing aerospace components such as rotor blades, propellers, inertial systems, fluid control systems, bucking bars, trim weights, aircrafts balance weights, and many more.
 

Asia Pacific, having accounted for more than half of the product demand in 2017, is poised to grow by more than 8% CAGR. The regional industry will be chiefly driven by China, which is the largest producer as well as consumer of the product. High growth in China’s automotive, aerospace, mining, and electronics sector will be the major factor behind its dominant tungsten market position.
 

North America will grow by a CAGR of around 7% from 2018 to 2025. Developments in the country’s automotive, aerospace & defense, and oil & gas sectors will propel the tungsten market value in coming years. Latin America and Middle East & Africa regions have much lower product demand when compared with other regions. However, these regions will have a high industry growth rate during the forecast period.