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Potash and Salt

Their prices have moved together.

Potash (commodity) and Salt (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: co-product

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Potash ore is mostly mixed with common salt, which is separated and either sold or stockpiled as waste. The salt series is a US index for evaporated salt and moves on its own, with monthly changes correlating at only 0.07 with potash.

  • 0.07 monthly change correlation
  • 0.13 12-month change correlation
  • 0.18 fitted elasticity

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