Welcome to the CRU Steel Prices section of the CRU online service
CRU Steel Prices for semi-finished and finished carbon steel products are the most widely used in the world steel industry.
- They are used in the physical contracts between buyers and sellers of steel.
More than 30% of direct shipments from US steel sheet mills are now priced against CRU Steel Prices.
- They are used in the models that buyers employ to manage steel price risk.
CRU Steel Prices act as the “trigger points” for surcharges and are entered into thousands of, so-called, “variable cost contracts”.
- They are used in the settlement of “Over The Counter” (OTC) derivative products.
CRU Steel Prices are the trusted “settlement indexes”. Our U.S, HRC assessment is used for CME's, U.S. Midwest Domestic Hot-Rolled Coil Steel Futures Contract
They are ACCURATE; they are ACCEPTED; and, they are INDEPENDENT
What can be found within the CRU Steel Prices pages?
Information page
Discover everything you want to know about CRU Steel Prices, from their coverage in terms of product, geography and history, to the product definitions.
Subscribers’ section
This is where CRU Steel News and CRU Monitor subscribers can access CRU Steel Prices and our interactive charting tools. For more information, or to subscribe, click here.
CRU Indices
This is where we collect submissions electronically from data providers who contribute to our indices. These include, our U.S. Midwest Hot-Rolled Coil assessment which is used by CME Group for their U.S. Midwest Domestic Hot-Rolled Coil Steel Futures Contract. If you are interested in receiving sample prices or becoming a data provider, please visit www.cruindices.com
CRUspi
This is the home of the very successful CRU steel price index (CRUspi) website. Here, industry participants can access a series of weighted steel price indexes, calculated from the definitive CRU Steel Prices, free-of-charge.
Press releases
News relating to CRU Steel Prices.