# Lead and Underground, submarine and superconducting cables

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/lead-and-underground-submarine-and-superconducting-cables/

[Lead](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/lead/) (commodity) and [Underground, submarine and superconducting cables](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_cables/) (energy): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: sheathing

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Submarine and some high-voltage cables use lead sheaths to keep water out. Lead is a minor share of total cost, so the link is loose, with monthly moves correlating at 0.22 and yearly moves at 0.49.

- **0.22** monthly change correlation
- **0.49** 12-month change correlation
- **0.27** fitted elasticity

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