A cable for hoisting apparatuses, made up of a twisted cable bundle incased in polyurethane (3) forming a constant circular outer section, wherein the central or inner cable (1) is thicker than the remaining cables (2) located peripherally around the former, and all of them are in turn formed by twisted pearlitic steel filaments (4-5), those filaments making up the central or inner cable (1) being of a larger section than those forming the peripheral cables (2). <IMAGE>