# Rubber chemicals and Zinc

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/rubber-chemicals-and-zinc/

[Rubber chemicals](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/rubber_chemicals/) (chemical) and [Zinc](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/zinc/) (commodity): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: activator

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Zinc oxide activates sulphur vulcanisation and is used alongside accelerators in almost every tyre. Despite this, monthly moves correlate at just 0.03, as zinc metal follows the global metals cycle rather than chemical costs.

- **0.03** monthly change correlation
- **0.08** 12-month change correlation
- **0.18** fitted elasticity

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