# Construction chemicals and Gypsum

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/construction-chemicals-and-gypsum/

[Construction chemicals](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/construction_chemicals/) (chemical) and [Gypsum](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/gypsum/) (commodity): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: construction partner

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Gypsum plasters and boards use retarders and additives from the same suppliers and are sold into the same building projects. Against the gypsum products proxy, monthly moves correlate at 0.14, and at 0.26 over the last five years.

- **0.14** monthly change correlation
- **0.29** 12-month change correlation
- **0.62** fitted elasticity

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