These include synthetic and natural diamonds and complementary superabrasive cubic boron nitride (CBN).

Diamond and CBN products are mainly used in the manufacture of tools for applications including drilling, sawing, cutting, grinding and polishing of different materials such as ferrous and non-ferrous metals, natural stone and concrete, wood based materials, plastics, glass, and ceramics. 

Recent additions to the product range are a group of chemical vapour deposition diamond products.  These engineered materials are suitable for use in medical, optical, radio frequency, thermal management and precision applications. 

Element Six is an important manufacturer and supplier of polycrystalline diamond (PCD) for drill bits used in oil and gas well drilling.  PCD bits are designed to remove rock by shearing rather than by crushing or grinding as is the case with conventional "roller cone bits". 

This is possible because PCD combines the hardness and abrasion resistance of diamond with the impact resistance of tungsten carbide.