Global Super Hard Material Market Growth 2025-2031

Global Super Hard Material Market Growth 2025-2031

The global Super Hard Material market size is predicted to grow from US$ 1269 million in 2025 to US$ 1238 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of -0.4% from 2025 to 2031.

This report studies the Super Hard Material (Superhard Materials) market, from angles of Company, regions, product types and end industries, to analyze the status and the future.

A superhard material is a material with a hardness value exceeding 40 gigapascals (GPa) when measured by the Vickers hardness test. They are highly incompressible solids with high electron density and high bond covalency. As a result of their unique properties, these materials are of great interest in many industrial areas including, but not limited to, abrasives, polishing and cutting tools and wear-resistant and protective coatings.

Diamond is the hardest known material to date, with a Vickers hardness in the range of 70–150 GPa. Diamond demonstrates both high thermal conductivity and electrically insulating properties and much attention has been put into finding practical applications of this material. However, diamond has several limitations for mass industrial application, including its high cost and oxidation at temperatures above 800 °C. In addition, diamond dissolves in iron and forms iron carbides at high temperatures and therefore is inefficient in cutting ferrous materials including steel. Therefore, recent research of superhard materials has been focusing on compounds which would be thermally and chemically more stable than pure diamond.

Superhard materials can be generally classified into two categories: intrinsic compounds and extrinsic compounds. The intrinsic group includes diamond, cubic boron nitride (c-BN), carbon nitrides and ternary compounds such as B-N-C, which possess an innate hardness. Conversely, extrinsic materials are those that have superhardness and other mechanical properties that are determined by their microstructure rather than composition. An example of extrinsic superhard material is nanocrystalline diamond known as aggregated diamond nanorods.

According to the report, Asia-Pacific accounts the biggest market share of the global total Super Hard Materials market, both for production and consumption. The production of Super Hard Materials in China took over 85% of total global output. However，high end products are still concentrated in Europe, North America, Japan and Korea area, due to the technology and R&D restrictions.

There are many participants in this market, Element Six, Sandvik, ILJIN Diamond, Zhongnan Diamond, Huanghe Whirlwind and some others are leading the market with about 68% market shares.

Superhard materials are widely used for Composite Polycrystalline Tool, Abrasives and Construction machineries. The downstream market is continuing to expand.

Superhard materials market is segmented into diamond, cubic boron nitride and others including boron carbon nitrides, metal borides, etc. Diamond covers over 80% of the total market. It is majorly used for grinding, cutting, and machining materials including titanium alloys, cemented carbides, ceramics, quartz stone, asphalt, glass, etc. These are also used in wire drawing dies, dressers and drill bits.

LP Information, Inc. (LPI) ' newest research report, the “Super Hard Material Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Super Hard Material sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Super Hard Material sales for 2025 through 2031. With Super Hard Material sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Super Hard Material industry.

This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Super Hard Material landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Super Hard Material portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Super Hard Material market.

This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Super Hard Material and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Super Hard Material.

This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Super Hard Material market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.

Segmentation by Type:
Synthetic Diamond
Cubic Boron Nitride

Segmentation by Application:
Stone and Construction
Abrasives Category
Composite Polycrystalline Tool
Others

This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries

The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
Element Six
Sandvik
ILJIN Diamond
Zhongnan Diamond
Huanghe Whirlwind
Sino-Crystal Diamond
JINQU Superhard
CR GEMS
Anhui HongJing
SF-Diamond
Yalong Superhard Materials
Saint-Gobain
Sumitomo Electric Industries
Tomei Diamond
FUNIK
Famous Diamond

Key Questions Addressed in this Report

What is the 10-year outlook for the global Super Hard Material market?

What factors are driving Super Hard Material market growth, globally and by region?

Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?

How do Super Hard Material market opportunities vary by end market size?

How does Super Hard Material break out by Type, by Application?

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