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Building materials and Sand & gravel

Building materials depends on sand & gravel.

Building materials (industry) and Sand & gravel (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 2 of 5 · Sand & gravel → Building materials

2 of the enterprise types in Building materials depend on sand & gravel; for the most dependent, it rates 2 out of 5 on criticality.

  • 2 enterprise types depend on it
  • 2 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Limestone, aggregate and sand quarry operators: concrete aggregate (criticality 2 of 5)
  • Ready-mix concrete and precast producers: fine and coarse aggregate (criticality 2 of 5)

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