Argus Media

Argus is a privately held UK-registered company Argus was owned by the family of its founder Jan Nasmyth and its senior staff, but in September 2016 a majority-stake was sold to the equity firm General Atlantic valuing the company at $1.4 billion. The company’s ownership structure was updated in 2024 when Chairman and Chief Executive, Adrian Binks became majority owner and General Atlantic consolidated its stake Argus's headquarters are in London, with major offices in Houston, Dubai, Singapore, Paris, Seoul, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Riga, Kyiv, Astana, Calgary, San Francisco, Mexico City, Washington DC, Pittsburgh, New York, São Paulo, Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, Mumbai, Sydney, Granada, Brussels, Lagos, and Cape Town. Prices assessed by Argus for energy, fertilizer, metals, chemicals and agriculture markets are widely used as benchmarks to settle futures contracts and as indexes for short or long term physical supply contracts. == History ==

Argus was established in 1970 by former Daily Telegraph journalist Jan Nasmyth. In 1985, Argus opened offices in Singapore and Houston, covering European gas and power in 1995, and coal and biofuels in early 2000s. In 2011, Argus bought FMB Consultants Ltd (FMB) - a price reporting agency for international fertilizer markets. FMB was founded in 1982 and focused on nitrogen, phosphate, sulphur, potash and ammonia. and European power and gas fundamental data provider Fundalytics. In 2013, Argus bought petrochemical market specialists TABrewer Consulting and Jim Jordan & Associates. Argus launched coverage of the global iron ore market with daily report Argus Steel Feedstocks in February 2013. Argus expanded its metals coverage further in 2015, after acquiring MetalPrices.com - a specialist pricing, news and analysis service focusing on speciality metals, rare earths and ferro-alloys. In 2018, Argus purchased Integer Research a London-based market intelligence, conference and consulting firm. In 2019, Argus acquired German oil reporting specialist O.M.R. In 2020, Argus bought French agricultural intelligence company Agritel. In 2021, Argus acquired the renewable chemicals specialist Oleochem Analytics. In 2022, Argus acquired Pipe Logix, a US-based provider of pipe and tube market information. In 2023, Argus acquired Mercaris, a US-based provider of organic and non-GMO commodity prices. == Awards ==

Argus won the Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade (Export) in the UK in 2002, 2009 and 2015. == References ==