# Coal mining and Energy in farming

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-mining-and-energy-in-farming/

[Coal mining](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_mining/) (energy) and [Energy in farming](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_agri_energy/) (energy): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: fuel cost

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Trucks, shovels and dozers in open-pit mines run on diesel, a large running cost. The diesel index and coal mining index correlate at 0.14 monthly and 0.30 over a year.

- **0.14** monthly change correlation
- **0.30** 12-month change correlation
- **0.36** fitted elasticity

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