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CRU Wire and Cable’s Top 10 Calls for 2022
10 February 2022
Aisling Hubert, Analyst; Chenfei Wang, Senior Analyst - CRU

Peak of the price cycle? Multi Commodity Outlook
10 January 2022
James Mills, Research Analyst; Alex Christopher, Multi Commodity Analyst - CRU

Wire and cable - Q4 2021 update
22 December 2021
Michael Finch, Head of Wire and Cable, CRU

China Mobile tender awards provide boost to prices
12 October 2021
Michael Finch, Head of Wire and Cable, CRU

China Mobile release details of 2021/’22 tender
21 September 2021
Michael Finch, Head of Wire and Cable and Chenfei Wang, Senior Analyst, CRU

Subsea HV+EHV cable demand set to take off
14 April 2021
Michael Finch, Head of Wire and Cable, CRU

CRU Wire and Cable’s Top 10 Calls for 2021
17 February 2021
Chenfei Wang, Senior Analyst and Filippos Papasavvas, Analyst, CRU

CRU’s 5G progress tracker
28 October 2020
Michael Finch, Head of Wire and Cable, CRU

China Mobile tender awards cement record low prices
14 September 2020
Michael Finch, Head of Wire and Cable, CRU

China to announce more than RMB 5tn of stimulus
21 May 2020
AUTHORS: Jumana Saleheen, Chief Economist; Yingrui Wang, Economist; CRU

V, U and L: Demystifying recession shapes
07 May 2020
AUTHOR: Jumana Saleheen, Chief Economist, CRU Group

CRU Webinar: Focusing on steel, aluminium, and fertilizers
How is the lock down affecting the Indian fertilizers and metals industry. Watch our latest webinar.
SPEAKERS: Anissa Chabib, Economist; Koyel Choudhury, Fertilizer Analyst; Puneet Paliwal, Senior Analyst; Shankhadeep Mukherjee, Senior Analyst: CRU
29 April 2020

China’s first ever negative quarterly GDP growth
AUTHOR: Yingrui Wang, Economist, CRU
20 April 2020

Global pandemic triggers global recession - Implications for CRU’s global macro and commodity outlook
SPEAKERS: Jumana Saleheen, Chief Economist; Josh Spoores, Principal Analyst; Doug Hilderhoff, Principal Analyst; CRU
02 April 2020

Coronavirus - CRU's analysis of its impact on commodities
Various Authors, updated regularly

Market Roundup - The effect of Covid-19 on the cable supply chain
31 March 2020
Natalie Noor-Drugan, Publisher and Editor in Chief, CRU

CRU’s 5G progress tracker
19 March 2020
Michael Finch, Head of Wire and Cable, CRU

CRU Insight: Wire and Cable – Q1 2020 Update
09 March 2020
Michael Finch, Head of Wire and Cable, CRU

Watch: Market roundup - Sustainability and its impact on the cable industry
05 March 2020
Natalie Noor-Drugan, Publisher and Editor in Chief, CRU

Impact of the novel coronavirus on the optical fibre industry
04 February 2020
Michael Finch, Head of Wire and Cable, CRU

Watch: Market Roundup - Prysmian's 9M 2019 margins are up, NKT and Leoni's are down - Monthly Wire & Cable webcast
23 January 2020
Natalie Noor-Drugan, Publisher and Editor in Chief, CRU

Optical fibre and cable industry review - Highlights from 2019 and what’s hot or not in 2020
23 January 2020
Michael Finch, Head of Wire and Cable, CRU

Wire and Cable - Q4 2019 Update: Metallic Wire & Cable: can the market recover from 2019 lows?
12 December 2019
Michael Finch, Head of Wire and Cable, CRU

CRU Insight - Review of key fiber optic market drivers
Nov 19
Michael Finch, Head of Wire and Cable, CRU

Wire and cable market - Optical Fibre: Will 5G offset falling demand from FTTH and 4G?
20 August 2019
Michael Finch, Head of Wire and Cable, CRU

CRU Insight: What is behind the Chinese optical cable contraction and outlook post 2019