# Energy-intensive industry and Thermal coal

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/energy-intensive-industry-and-thermal-coal/

[Energy-intensive industry](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_heavy_industry/) (energy) and [Thermal coal](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/thermal_coal/) (energy): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: power plant fuel

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Coal still fuels part of US power and much of power in India and China, where heavy industry is concentrated. Yearly moves correlate at 0.37 with the US industrial tariff, a weak link given coal's falling share of US generation.

- **0.05** monthly change correlation
- **0.37** 12-month change correlation
- **0.22** fitted elasticity

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