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Cement and Crushed stone

Their prices have moved together.

Cement (commodity) and Crushed stone (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: shared demand

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Crushed stone and cement are mixed into concrete for the same building and road projects, and limestone is cement's main raw material. The indexes move together, monthly moves at 0.48, yearly moves at 0.60 and 0.67 in the last five years.

  • 0.48 monthly change correlation
  • 0.60 12-month change correlation
  • 0.77 fitted elasticity

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