Why should steel industry prefer Billets over ingots?  

A few points mentioned below support the statement “Why Billet should be preferred instead of ingot” by both manufacturers and buyers.   

1. Billet can be hot rolled which improves the bottom line

2. Casting of Billet is cleaner as compared to that of ingot

3. Yield from production of Billet is quite high than manufacturing of ingot

4. In terms of quality, Billets are superior over ingots