# Building materials and Thermal coal

Building materials depends on thermal coal.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/building-materials-and-thermal-coal/

[Building materials](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/building_materials/) (industry) and [Thermal coal](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/thermal_coal/) (energy): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Thermal coal → Building materials*

3 of the enterprise types in Building materials depend on thermal coal; for the most dependent, it rates 3 out of 5 on criticality.

- **3** enterprise types depend on it
- **3 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Fly ash, slag and gypsum suppliers: fly ash is a by-product of coal power (criticality 3 of 5)
- Integrated cement producers and grinding units: main kiln fuel with petcoke (criticality 3 of 5)
- Brick, tile and sanitaryware makers: brick kilns (criticality 2 of 5)

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