# Cement and Thermal coal

Their prices have moved together.

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

[Cement](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/cement/) (commodity) and [Thermal coal](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/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

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