Cement and Thermal coal

Their prices have moved together.

Cement (commodity) and Thermal coal (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: kiln fuel

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Coal and petroleum coke fire most cement kilns, especially in India and China. The US cement index shows almost no link with Australian coal, monthly moves at -0.10 and yearly moves at -0.07, because US kilns buy fuel locally and cement prices change mainly once a year.

• -0.10 monthly change correlation
• -0.07 12-month change correlation
• 0.22 fitted elasticity

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