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Aluminium and Explosives and propellants

Their prices have moved together.

Aluminium (commodity) and Explosives and propellants (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: fuel additive

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Aluminium powder boosts energy in some explosives and in solid rocket propellants. It is a small input for most products, so the data show no link, with monthly moves at -0.08.

  • -0.08 monthly change correlation
  • -0.09 12-month change correlation
  • 0.21 fitted elasticity

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