CRU’s Special Reports deliver expert insight into challenges and opportunities arising from developments in niche commodities and their markets, providing more depth to topics covered by our regular subscription services and going beyond these services to provide coverage of niche areas. Built on CRU’s global market expertise, each report provides actionable intelligence to help you plan, adapt, and move forward with clarity.
Comprehensive data combined with forward-looking analysis
CRU’s Special Reports are off-the-shelf publications that provide valuable insight into topics spanning from critical minerals to energy transition technologies, supply chains risks, energy transition technologies and policy-driven disruption. Developed by CRU’s global network of analysts and consultants, Special Reports combine robust data with forward-looking market analysis.
Each one is rooted in CRU’s proprietary models and 50+ years of market intelligence — offering an authoritative perspective on significant topics.
Whether you're responding to regulatory change, assessing supply security or exploring new growth markets, CRU’s Special Reports help you to:
- Understand evolving supply/demand and price dynamics
- Respond to trade restrictions, policy risks and global decarbonisation trends
- Support investment decisions with data-backed forecasts
- Inform internal research teams with structured, expert-led insights
View the collection of special reports here
Energy transition and decarbonisation
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Critical minerals
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Semiconductors and advanced materials
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Fertilizers and agriculture
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Who are CRU’s special reports for?
Corporate strategy and planning
Sustainability and regulatory teams
Procurement and sourcing
Financial and investment teams
Product and technology teams
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What impact could export controls in China have on SOP market balances in the long term?
10 April 2025
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How has HPQ demand and supply emerged as a hot topic?
14 May 2025
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Vanadium supply gap looms as Chinese rebar standards tighten amid battery boom
07 February 2025
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Mission critical: Closing the supply gap for materials that will shape our future
28 January 2025
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Lead top calls for 2025
13 January 2025
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Export controls on rare earths supply chain expected to encourage ex. China investments
16 April 2025
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Will European windfarm construction face commodity bottlenecks?
25 April 2023
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CBAM opens new chapter in international trade
21 September 2023
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China and the green transition: Contextualising today’s rare earths market
05 February 2023
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Long-term outlook of gallium, germanium and antimony remains uncertain
23 December 2024
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European prices will rise as CBAM starts to bite
13 December 2024
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Challenges await steel mills with high costs and high emissions
10 December 2024
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