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Crushed stone and Sand & gravel

Their prices have moved together.

Crushed stone (commodity) and Sand & gravel (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: substitute

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Crushed rock and manufactured sand compete with natural sand and gravel in concrete and road bases. The link is close, monthly moves at 0.67 and yearly moves at 0.90, partly by construction, since the crushed stone proxy index includes sand and gravel.

  • 0.67 monthly change correlation
  • 0.90 12-month change correlation
  • 1.05 fitted elasticity

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