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Construction chemicals and Hydropower dams

Their prices have moved together.

Construction chemicals (chemical) and Hydropower dams (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: process input

Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways

Concrete admixtures cut water use and heat in large dam pours, and grouts seal foundations. The US indices share a construction cycle over a year, with 12-month changes correlating at 0.41.

  • 0.07 monthly change correlation
  • 0.41 12-month change correlation
  • 0.57 fitted elasticity

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