Transparent Methods, Reliable Results
Learn how Intratec ensures accuracy and consistency with continuously improved methods.
Since 2002, Intratec has focused on transforming complex market and technical data into clear, actionable intelligence. Each solution is built on a dedicated, documented methodology to ensure accuracy, consistency, and transparency.
Our methodologies are continuously reviewed and refined, incorporating the latest references, data sources, and best practices—so every figure, cost estimate, or price assessment reflects both technical rigor and market reality.
Explore Methodologies by Solution
Primary Commodity Prices
Explains how price data is collected, processed, and validated to ensure consistency, transparency, and analytical rigor.
Energy Prices & Markets
Details how country-level energy data is assessed, covering pricing, trade dynamics, energy balance, and self-sufficiency indicators.
Commodity Production Costs
Outlines the conceptual and technical approach used to model industrial processes, quantify inputs and consumables, and estimate capital and operating costs.
Industry Economics Worldwide
Describes the framework used to measure and compare industrial competitiveness, including utility costs, construction trends, and location factors.
Other Informative Documents
Explore additional reference materials that support Intratec data and analyses.
Why Our Methodologies Stand Out
Reliable and impartial analyses
Built on large volumes of official and verifiable data, our assessments are processed using independent, auditable methods, free from commercial bias.
AI-powered and expert-reviewed
We combine advanced AI tools with expert human validation — delivering consistent, trustworthy results across commodities and markets.
Timely and consistent updates
Intratec publishes updated data early each month, ensuring that customers receive timely assessments of maximum relevance.
Proven accuracy and traceability
We track and benchmark the accuracy of our assessments — a unique practice that provides unmatched transparency and traceability.
Documented and reproducible
Every Intratec solution comes with a public methodology document, enabling users to understand how data is sourced, processed, and standardized.
20+ years of excellence
With over two decades of continuous refinement, Intratec has become a trusted reference for commodity data and methodologies.