references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . august 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . august 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message cru group type 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 . contents 1 global coverage 2 history 3 commodities 4 conferences 5 external links global coverage edit 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 edit 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 edit 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 edit 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 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cru group & oldid 742605425 categories privately held companies of the united kingdomeconomics consulting firmshidden categories articles lacking in text citations from august 2015all articles lacking in text citationsarticles with a promotional tone from august 2015all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 17 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view