Heat exchangers and pinch integration and Steel

Their prices have moved together.

Heat exchangers and pinch integration (energy) and Steel (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: main material

Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways

Shells, tubes and plates are mostly carbon and stainless steel. Monthly moves correlate at 0.28 and yearly at 0.45 with the steel index, a weak to moderate link because fabrication and engineering add much on top of metal.

• 0.28 monthly change correlation
• 0.45 12-month change correlation
• 0.66 fitted elasticity

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