# Coal mining and Natural gas

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-mining-and-natural-gas/

[Coal mining](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_mining/) (energy) and [Natural gas](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/natural_gas/) (energy): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: rival fuel

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Coal competes with gas for power generation, and cheap shale gas cut US coal demand. The European gas price and US coal index show no monthly link (0.00) but a yearly link at 0.42.

- **-0.00** monthly change correlation
- **0.42** 12-month change correlation
- **0.17** fitted elasticity

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