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Cast Iron / Steel Weight Plates & Frames

Sand-cast iron and steel for weight plates, dumbbells, kettlebells and equipment frames. Dense and cheap per kg, so its delivered cost is dominated by ocean freight, not the metal.

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What depends on it

Goods that need this input

2 essential American goods rely on cast iron / steel weight plates & frames somewhere upstream in their supply chain.

Home

Sporting goods & fitness equipment

Exercise machines, weights, and sports gear; China- and Taiwan-led manufacturing.

Home

Grills & outdoor cooking

Gas, charcoal, and pellet grills; China-led steel fabrication.

Where it comes from

Source countries

Share of global supply, by country.

Country	Share of supply
CNChina	38%
MXMexico	14%
TWTaiwan	8%
CACanada	8%
VNVietnam	5%
INIndia	4%
DEGermany (Federal Republic of Germany)	4%
ITItaly	2%
JPJapan	2%
KRSouth Korea (Republic of Korea)	2%
GBUnited Kingdom	2%
NLNetherlands	1%

Who makes it

Supplier companies

3 companies produce cast iron / steel weight plates & frames.

Nucor Corporation(NUE)

HQ US

Charlotte, NC-based steel company (NYSE: NUE); largest US steel producer by volume; all EAF (electric arc furnace) production. Plate Mill Group: three facilities — Hertford County (Cofield) NC, Brandenburg KY, Tuscaloosa AL. Combined ~3.5 million tons/year plate capacity (cut-to-length and discrete plate). Products: carbon, HSLA, alloy, and pressure vessel-quality steel plate. Markets served include heavy equipment, dump bodies, on-highway trucks, rail cars, barges, ships — fire apparatus structural steel falls in this category. Buy America compliance: all domestic EAF production qualifies. Nucor also owns David J. Joseph (scrap procurement) and various downstream fabricators. Largest US recycled-content steel producer.

Rogue Fitness

HQ US

US maker of strength/fitness equipment; one of few domestic weight/plate/rack manufacturers.

Shandong/Hebei Cast-Iron Foundries (cluster)

HQ CN

Chinese sand-casting foundry cluster that supplies most of the world's cast-iron weight plates, dumbbells and kettlebells.

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