# Kaolin & clays and Talc

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/kaolin-and-clays-and-talc/

[Kaolin & clays](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/clays/) (commodity) and [Talc](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/talc/) (commodity): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: substitute

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Kaolin and other clays compete with talc as fillers in paper, ceramics and plastics, and both proxies cover US non-metallic mineral producers. Monthly moves barely correlate, at 0.03, but yearly moves reach 0.44, a sign of shared slow cost and demand trends.

- **0.03** monthly change correlation
- **0.44** 12-month change correlation
- **1.45** fitted elasticity

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