Abrasives and Aluminium

Their prices have moved together.

Abrasives (commodity) and Aluminium (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: shared feedstock

Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways

Fused alumina abrasives start from bauxite or calcined alumina, the same chain that feeds aluminium smelters. The index shows no monthly link with aluminium (-0.11) and yearly moves even run opposite (-0.48), because abrasive prices are set on contracts and by Chinese export supply.

• -0.11 monthly change correlation
• -0.48 12-month change correlation
• 0.14 fitted elasticity

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