# Acrylics (PMMA) and Natural gas

Natural gas is a raw material for acrylics (PMMA); their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/acrylics-pmma-and-natural-gas/

[Acrylics (PMMA)](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/pmma/) (chemical) and [Natural gas](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/natural_gas/) (energy): 2 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Feedstock

*Physical flow · Direct · Natural gas → Acrylics (PMMA)*

Acrylics (PMMA) is made from natural gas: it is one of the raw materials its production routes start from.

### 2. Price link: feedstock cost

*Cost and price · Strong · Both ways*

Hydrogen cyanide for the acetone route is made from methane and ammonia, and gas also sets the cost of methanol. European gas moves with the resin proxy at 0.11 monthly and 0.75 yearly.

- **0.11** monthly change correlation
- **0.75** 12-month change correlation
- **0.15** fitted elasticity

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