Gypsum and Thermal coal

Their prices have moved together.

Gypsum (commodity) and Thermal coal (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: by-product source

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Flue gas desulphurisation at coal power plants produces synthetic gypsum, a large share of wallboard feed. The link is about volumes, not coal prices: monthly moves at 0.03, yearly moves at 0.11, rising to 0.27 in the last five years.

• 0.03 monthly change correlation
• 0.11 12-month change correlation
• 0.28 fitted elasticity

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