# Gas pipelines and city gas and Salt

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/gas-pipelines-and-city-gas-and-salt/

[Gas pipelines and city gas](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_gas_pipelines/) (energy) and [Salt](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/salt/) (commodity): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: energy cost

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Vacuum-pan evaporated salt, the grade in this index, is made with steam raised by burning natural gas. There is little link, monthly moves at 0.01 and yearly moves at -0.29, since salt makers set prices yearly and fuel is only one cost beside freight and packing.

- **0.01** monthly change correlation
- **-0.29** 12-month change correlation
- **0.48** fitted elasticity

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