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Natural gas and Titanium dioxide

Their prices have moved together.

Natural gas (energy) and Titanium dioxide (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: energy cost

Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways

Both processes need a lot of heat for calcining and burning, so gas prices affect costs, especially in Europe. Monthly moves correlate at 0.05 and yearly moves at 0.37, a slow cost link through long supply contracts.

  • 0.05 monthly change correlation
  • 0.37 12-month change correlation
  • 0.14 fitted elasticity

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