# Abrasives and Energy-intensive industry

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/abrasives-and-energy-intensive-industry/

[Abrasives](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/abrasives/) (commodity) and [Energy-intensive industry](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_heavy_industry/) (energy): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: energy cost

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Abrasive grain furnaces use large amounts of electricity, so industrial power price is a key cost. The index link is weak, with monthly moves at 0.10 and yearly moves at 0.20, partly because much production is in China while the power proxy is a US price.

- **0.10** monthly change correlation
- **0.20** 12-month change correlation
- **1.32** fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.