Sulphuric acid and Uranium

Their prices have moved together.

Sulphuric acid (chemical) and Uranium (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: leaching input

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

In-situ leach mining, used for most of Kazakhstan's output, dissolves uranium underground with sulphuric acid, and acid shortages there have cut production. The US acid index shows no link (-0.07 monthly), because acid matters through supply disruptions, not cost pass-through.

• -0.07 monthly change correlation
• 0.01 12-month change correlation
• 0.92 fitted elasticity

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