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CRU Group

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CRU International Ltd.
Company typePrivate
IndustryBusiness intelligence
Founded1969
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Number of employees
300+
Websitecrugroup.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.

Global Coverage

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

  • Beijing – China
  • Shanghai - China
  • Santiago – Chile
  • Mumbai – India
  • Singapore
  • Pittsburgh – United States
  • Sydney – Australia


CRU employs over 260 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:[1]

  • 1986 – British Sulphur Consultants
  • 1996 – Resource Strategies Inc
  • 2006 – Commodity Metals Management Company
  • 2012 – Ryan's Notes with the acquisition of Nonferrous Notes Organization
  • 2012 – Fertecon Research Centre – phosphates and sulphur analysis and consultancy business
  • 2023 – Exawatt - energy storage and battery market analysis

Commodities

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CRU specializes in producing short-, medium-, and long-term analysis for major commodities including:

References

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  1. ^ "CRU | Our history". www.crugroup.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-25. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
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