# Aluminium and Tin

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/aluminium-and-tin/

[Aluminium](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/aluminum/) (commodity) and [Tin](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/tin/) (commodity): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: competing material

*Cost and price · Strong · Both ways*

Aluminium cans compete with tinplate in drinks and food packaging, and both metals follow industrial demand. Monthly moves correlate at 0.60 and yearly moves at 0.78, a common-driver link rather than a cost one.

- **0.60** monthly change correlation
- **0.78** 12-month change correlation
- **0.90** fitted elasticity

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