# Thermal coal and Vinyl chloride monomer

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/thermal-coal-and-vinyl-chloride-monomer/

[Thermal coal](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/thermal_coal/) (energy) and [Vinyl chloride monomer](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/vcm/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: alternative route

*Cost and price · Strong · Both ways*

Chinese plants make VCM from acetylene derived from coal and calcium carbide, so Chinese coal and power costs set the price of much Asian supply. The Australian coal price moves with the proxy at 0.17 monthly and 0.76 yearly.

- **0.17** monthly change correlation
- **0.76** 12-month change correlation
- **0.28** fitted elasticity

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