CRU Group
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| Private | |
| Industry | Business intelligence |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Number of employees | 200+ |
| Website | crugroup.com |
CRU Group is a privately owned business intelligence company. The Group focuses on the global mining, metals and fertilizers markets. It provides consultancy, business analysis, news, data and conferences services. The company’s main aim is to help its clients make profitable business decisions.
Global Coverage
CRU's headquarters are in central London. The company also has regional offices in:
- Beijing – China
- Santiago – Chile
- Mumbai – India
- Pittsburgh – United States
- Sydney – Australia
CRU employs over 200 people: economists, management consultants, engineers, metallurgists, geologists, chemists and journalists.
History
CRU was founded in 1968 by Chairman Robert Perlman, and his colleague John Horam.
The company was originally named Commodities Research Unit. It was changed to CRU as the company expanded their offering to include more than just research products.
Over the years CRU have made a number of acquisitions including:
- 1986 – British Sulphur Consultants
- 1996 – Resource Strategies Inc
- 2006 – Commodity Metals Management Company
- 2012 – Fertecon Research Centre – Only the phosphates and sulphur analysis and consultancy business (29th Oct, 2012)
Commodities
CRU specializes in producing short-, medium-, and long-term analysis for major commodities including:
- Aluminium
- Alumina
- Bauxite
- Ferromanganese
- Ferrosilicon
- Manganese
- Silicon
- Carbon Steel (Billet, Crude, Longs, Pipes and Tubes, Plate, Sheet, Slab)
- Copper
- Ferrochrome
- Lead
- Cobalt
- Uranium
- Nickel
- Nitrogen
- Ammonia
- UAN
- Urea
- Phosphates
- Phosphate Rock
- Potash
- Gold
- Silver
- Stainless Steel
- Coking Coal
- Iron Ore
- Metallics
- Metallurgical Coke
- Sulphur
- Sulphuric Acid
- Tin
- Wire and Cable
- Zinc
They also produce global conferences and offer consulting services.
CRU also studies the relationships between commodities, seeing the whole industry and not simply individual segments, which form a vital part of them helping their clients make profitable business decisions.
Conferences
CRU's events team produce annual international conferences on core industries and sectors that provide high-level networking opportunities. They attract executive level speakers which guarantee that delegates are well informed on the global changes affecting their industries.