CRU Steel coverage: expert intelligence from leading steel and raw materials experts

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Elevate your steel strategy from ore to scrap and green steel

The steel industry is undergoing transformative change, driven by global shifts in demand, decarbonisation targets, and supply chain pressures. CRU offers comprehensive data and analysis, spanning the changing raw material mix to finished products such as rebar and hot rolled coil.

Our asset-level data, long-term forecasts, and sustainability metrics equip you to manage transitions in production processes, meet regulatory requirements, and adapt effectively to market dynamics and end-user demand shifts. With over 50 years of expertise, CRU is a trusted advisor and source of intelligence relied on to guide decision-making throughout the steel value chain.

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'The CRU' - CRU's US Midwest Hot-rolled Coil Price Index

CRU supplies the leading index for steel prices in the US market. The US Midwest Hot-rolled Coil price, known as 'The CRU', is the trusted and established price benchmark used widely in the US steel market in domestic and global contracts.

Built on a strict, transaction-only methodology with data provision from steel mills and direct buyers, The CRU is the only true representation of spot market prices in the US steel industry.

CRU's industry-embedded community, Steel Market Update, surveys the market for sentiment, inventory and other indicators to supplement the deep insight our analysts provide our clients.

Our wider ferrous coverage follows a similar approach with data and analysis from price assessments to supply and demand forecasts.

Always data-led, our analysis is generated through methodologies that have been honed by industry experts over decades, helping our clients deliver the very best outcomes for their businesses.