# Polypropylene and Talc

Their prices have moved together.

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

[Polypropylene](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/polypropylene/) (chemical) and [Talc](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/talc/) (commodity): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: main use

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Talc-filled polypropylene is used for car bumpers, dashboards and appliance housings, making it a large talc outlet. The proxy index shows no real link, monthly moves at -0.04 and yearly moves at -0.27, because filler contracts change slowly and the proxy covers a wide basket of minerals.

- **-0.04** monthly change correlation
- **-0.27** 12-month change correlation
- **1.32** fitted elasticity

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