Wire rod is a semi-finished product which is extruded from steel billet in a steel plant and used primarily for wire production. Wire rod is produced using all modern steelmaking processes, including basic oxygen and electric arc furnace processes. Although wire rod can be produced in various shapes (round, square, hexagonal and rectangular), most of the rolled wire rods are round in cross-section. Wire rods, also referred to as ‘bar in coils’, are of two types: plain and
deformed (ribbed) wire rods.