CRU equips automotive and transport leaders with transparent, automotive industry market analysis, comparable data, and insight across the entire automotive supply chain from mine-to-market. With direct access to our world-class analysts and consultants, your team can confidently navigate strategic complexities to stay ahead of automotive trends, ensuring commercial success and long-term sustainability
Commodity Price Assessments: We provide comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date price assessments across the entire automotive value chain. From steel sheet for BIW, to battery or critical minerals; combined with insight and analysis into global markets to identify key automotive trends, dynamics and implications.
Price Forecasts: We specialise in delivering timely automotive forecasts for commodities across short, medium and long-term horizons, covering essential data such as commodity prices, supply/demand dynamics, asset costs, emissions and valuations.
Supply and Demand Insights: We specialise in crucial automotive supply and demand data dictated by consumption, production, capacity, trade, market balance and inventory data across the mining, metals, fertilizer and battery value chains.
Asset Level Data: Providing the most granular insight and data into costs, emissions, valuation and performance of over 4,500 mining, metals and fertilizer production sites globally, accessible through our web-based platform.
Full Coverage of the Battery Supply Chain: We unpack the complexities of the battery supply chain for each region, with battery technology cost modelling via our platform. We interrogatethe intricacies of the supply chain, global and regional developments and the technological and strategic roadmap that can define your organisation’sfuture.
Material Demand Insight: Our Automotive Materials service details material demand and intensities of use by region, vehicle segment, powertrain type, component, material, product and grade with strategic context, analysis into OEMs, risk and opportunity mapping.
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Why Choose CRU for insights across the Automotive supply Chain?
Proven Expertise
With over 50 years of experience, CRU brings unrivalled depth, data, and rigour to copper market analysis.
Global Analyst Network
Our team spans five continents, combining 200+ years of industry expertise to deliver insights grounded in local intelligence and global trends.
Comprehensive Coverage
We offer 7 integrated services across the copper value chain – from mining to end-use – providing a uniquely complete view of the market.
Cross-Commodity & Macro Insight
Our copper analysis is enriched by coverage of 6 adjacent metals, macroeconomic trends, and in-depth sustainability data – helping clients make confident, future-proof decisions.
Trusted Across the Supply Chain
At CRU, we believe the most powerful endorsement comes from those who know the automotive supply chain best – our customers. Their experiences showcase the insight, reliability, and strategic support we provide every day.
Hear directly from industry leaders how CRU has helped them navigate complex automotive trends across the automotive supply chain to seize new opportunities and stay ahead with automotive industry market analysis.
"I would like to commend CRU's specialized teams and services, and specifically the Aluminium team, for its robust and transparent methodology, which enhances the credibility of the findings and data. The use of independently assessed price references provides a solid foundation of the analysis ensuring that the data presented is both reliable and accurate."
- Christian Bluhm, Segment Leader, Valeo
