CRU Group

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CRU International Ltd.
Company type Private
Industry Business intelligence
Founded1969
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Number of employees
300+
Website crugroup.com

CRU Group is a privately owned business intelligence company. The company focuses on the global mining, metals and fertilizers markets. It provides consultancy, market analysis, business analysis, news, data and conferences services. [1] They are also a price reporting agency. [2]

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Global Coverage

CRU's headquarters are in central London. The company also has regional offices in:


CRU employs over 420 people from a range of disciplines: economists, management consultants, engineers, metallurgists, geologists, chemists and journalists.

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: [3]

Partnerships

They work with Refinitiv to provide price data on various commodities. [4]

They work with Fitch Ratings on carbon emissions data. [5]

History

In 1969, the corporation was founded by John Horam [6] alongside Robert Perlman. [7] Sir Sigmund Sternberg was chairman of CRU Holdings in 1983. [8]

In 2018, the Steel Market Update newsletter and conference product was acquired. [9]

In 2019 David Trafford became the CEO. [10]

Products

CRU Group sells a variety of products including newsletters, consulting reports, and prices as a price reporting agency.

Price reporting agency

In 2013, its price reporting was audited by a big 4 accounting firm; these prices were cited being the "most widely used carbon steel indices in the world" at the time. [11]

In 2020, their price reporting was audited by BDO LLP. [12]

In 2025, they were cited as the publisher of the "leading US hot-rolled coil index". [2]

Publications

In 2024, CRU Group acquired Fertilizer International, Nitrogen+Syngas, and Sulphur publications from BCInsight; CRU Group already owned corresponding conferences associated with these. [13]

Fertilizer International was first published in 1969, with predecessors including Phosphorus and Potassium by CRU Group subsidiary British Sulphur beginning in 1962. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "CRU International Ltd". Bloomberg News .
  2. 1 2 "CRU Successfully Completes Audit of U.S. Midwest Steel Price Indices". www.aist.org. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  3. ↑ "CRU | Our history". www.crugroup.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-25. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  4. ↑ "CRU Group expands access to its commodity prices". recyclingtoday.com. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  5. ↑ "Fitch Ratings and CRU Group Expand Strategic Agreement to Incorporate CO2 Emissions Data". fitchratings.com. 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  6. ↑ "BBC Politics 97". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  7. ↑ "Robert Perlman, Executive Chairman, CRU - CRU Group". CRU Group Website. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  8. ↑ Financial Times , 1983, UK, English.
  9. ↑ "CRU Acquires Steel Market Update - Metal Center News". www.metalcenternews.com. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  10. ↑ Williams, John (2019-04-01). "CRU appoints new CEO". World Fertilizer. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  11. ↑ "CRU Successfully Completes Audit of U.S. Midwest Steel Price Indices". www.aist.org. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  12. ↑ "CRU successfully completes another IOSCO independent assu... - CRU Group". CRU Group Website. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  13. ↑ "DWF advises CRU". DWF. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  14. ↑ "50 years anniversary: Happy birthday to you!". Fertilizer International.
  15. ↑ "Will Fastmarkets get its dream PRA deal?". Flashes & Flames. 2024-07-12. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
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