The London Commodity Intelligence Bureau is a specialist, independent provider of commodities market research for the mining and metals industries.
We provide our clients with cost-effective decision-making tools that offer accurate, actionable insights specialising in manganese/chrome, copper/zinc, lithium and iron ore trends, based on our real-time market research.
Founded in 2017 by Roman Kucinskij, LCIB is a prominent provider of strategic market research and real-time data services in metals, delivering advanced analytics to meet all your specialised requirements.
Supporting experts in all major regional markets
Our specialist team uses unique, comprehensive databases for metal commodities, we have both the skills and research tools to enable our clients to discover opportunities in the commodity markets and to invest astutely on the back of our insights.
Our independent analysis, encompasses in-depth actual industry expertise and the most up-to-date insights are specifically designed to help industry stakeholders to form an accurate perception of the market environment, assisting them to make correct, timely strategic and commercial decisions on both tactical and strategic levels.
The team
Roman Kucinskij
Managing Director
Roman Kucinskij has written a number of industry-acclaimed steel, raw materials and finished steel reports. He also has an extensive track record of completed metals and mining consultancy assignments. Previous employment included Head of Research and Market Intelligence at Swiss-based ferrochrome trading house TELF AG, special project consultant at Metal Bulletin Research (MBR), Research Associate at the AME. Roman holds an MSc in International Business Energy and Petroleum from the University of Aberdeen, MBA and BA from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. Roman is a native Russian speaker.
LCIB Core Team
We are formed of a global team of commodity consultants and associates located in key commodity centres in London, Johannesburg, Sydney, Santiago and Shanghai. Our associates’ locations in these key centres mean we are in constant contact with all parties along the global supply chain.
Our global contributing experts consultants team has extensive industry-wide experience gained from previous employment with key global producers, shippers, logistic providers and trading organisations.