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Hydrogen and Methanol

Their prices have moved together.

Hydrogen (chemical) and Methanol (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: derived product

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Methanol is made from hydrogen and carbon oxides, usually from gas, so it is a large captive user of hydrogen. The methanol proxy is a broad organics index; monthly moves correlate at minus 0.20 and yearly moves at minus 0.05.

  • -0.20 monthly change correlation
  • -0.05 12-month change correlation
  • -0.17 fitted elasticity

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