Costs Services

With more than 50 year’s experience of analysing commodities markets, CRU is a trusted source independent data and insight.
Market participants across mining and metals industries use CRU’s costs, cashflow and valuations data to understand the cost profile of assets, producers, regions and the wider sector.
Build a competitive market position by getting an accurate view of costs performance for individual assets and projects, including existing and prospective sites. Compare assets, producers and regions, benchmark costs and understand key cost drivers. Analyse cost drivers by operation and production volume, and compare cost curves by commodity.
Cost data is available with CRU’s Asset Services.
Stay ahead of the curve with CRU Asset Services
The web-based Asset Platform is the gateway to CRU’s Asset Services, offering seamless access to comprehensive, cost, cashflow, valuations and emissions data.
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Access detailed bottom-up volume, cost, and technical data from our models in an easy-to-use, structured format for thorough understanding and benchmarking.
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Modern UI design enables you to drill down quickly and easily into cost or emissions values, to understand underlying drivers such as inputs, material flows, and processes.
Analysis to drive informed decision-making
- Instantly benchmark key parameters against industry standards with dynamic tables and curves, to get to insights, fast.
- Compare cost curves against previous data with the release comparisons tool, to quickly track changes.
Advanced tools to build custom views and scenarios
- Create and upload scenarios to analyse potential impact on site cost positions.
- Integrate data seamlessly into in-house applications for enhanced accessibility, unlocking the full potential of data.
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