Soda ash and Thermal coal

Their prices have moved together.

Soda ash (commodity) and Thermal coal (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: energy cost

Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways

Most Chinese synthetic soda ash plants burn coal for steam and lime kilns, so coal costs shape Chinese export prices. The proxy index shows monthly moves at 0.14, yearly moves at 0.44 and a best fit when coal leads by five months.

• 0.14 monthly change correlation
• 0.44 12-month change correlation
• 0.35 fitted elasticity

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