# Coal transport and Coking coal

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-transport-and-coking-coal/

[Coal transport](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_transport/) (energy) and [Coking coal](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/coking_coal/) (energy): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: freight cost

*Cost and price · Strong · Both ways*

Coking coal moves by rail to port and then by sea to mills in Asia, so freight is a large part of its delivered cost. The proxy price correlates with a US rail freight index at 0.22 monthly and 0.66 yearly, a shared fuel and demand cycle.

- **0.21** monthly change correlation
- **0.66** 12-month change correlation
- **1.57** fitted elasticity

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