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CRU DataLab – Discover the power of data
As the drive towards greater digitalisation accelerates, the seamless integration of data into systems and processes is ever more vital to connect data across organisations. Rapid access to reliable and consistent commodities data ensures companies are in the best position to respond to complex and shifting market dynamics.
CRU’s independent data and analysis empowers businesses to navigate the intricacies of industries including mining, metals, clean technologies and fertilizers. Our coverage spans commodity value chains, delivering consistent and reliable data for informed decision-making.
Explore, analyse and integrate data with CRU DataLab
CRU DataLab, our cloud-based platform, makes it easy to access and analyse data, to get insights, fast. It enables centralised analysis, visualisation and download of CRU’s commodity price, costs and emissions data.
DataLab puts the power of data at your fingertips, offering a dynamic and user-friendly interface for efficient and unparalleled data interrogation.
Enhanced accessibility and seamless integration
DataLab offers a single source of data for use across organisations, with direct delivery into in-house applications and data analytics stacks via an API.
API delivery allows for CRU data to be ingested and analysed alongside other data, making it easier and more efficient to drive data-led analysis and decision-making across your entire organisation.
API delivery is available with an enterprise license.
Data discovery and visualisation
1,000+ CRU assessed prices are available in DataLab, alongside costs and emissions data for more than 3,900 assets. The customisation features in DataLab enable you to get more from data more quickly by connecting datasets and creating custom visualisations in dashboards for efficient data analysis.
Charts and graphs can be customised, saved and set to refresh and update automatically, whilst the option to download them into reports and presentations saves time.
Do more with your data
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CRU DataLab is where serious insights meet seamless integration.
Dive into cost and emissions data for over 3,900 assets, or explore 1,000+ price assessments – all under one roof. Need to make quick decisions? Visualise everything with custom dashboards and APIs that integrates into your existing systems. It’s the smart, snappy way to turn raw data into real action across your organisation.
Build custom dashboards to track and analyse market movements
View cost and emissions data across commodity value chains for 3,900+ assets
Visualise insights from a comprehensive database of 1,000+ assessed prices
Seamless integration can provide a seamless source of data for use across organisations
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"CRU DataLab has improved my ability to query information by centralizing it into a single source of truth. I can now track price indicators and instantly compare them in one single dashboard. Thanks to CRU DataLab, I’ve significantly reduced the time spent on downloading, building, and analyzing data, enabling me to focus on decision-making to reduce financial costs."
- Luis Navarrette, Head of Negotiation, MRO, DEACERO
