• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
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  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Vera Blei

S&P Global Commodity Insights

Head of Established Benchmarks

Vera Blei – Global Head of Established Benchmarks - S&P Global Commodity Insights

As Global Head of Established Benchmarks, Vera is responsible for Platts crude oil, refined products, LNG, generating fuels & electricity and metals price assessments and market reporting around the world.  For over 25 years, Vera has worked in price reporting, news, marketing and business development roles across a large portfolio of commodity markets (crude oil, refined products, gas, LNG, coal, power, emissions, ferrous and non-ferrous metals) for organizations including Platts, Gas Strategies and NYMEX.  Vera has worked as a freelance journalist in Germany, the UK and Russia.

Sessions With Vera Blei

Tuesday, 19 March

  • 04:00pm - 04:40pm (CST) / 19/mar/2024 09:00 pm - 19/mar/2024 09:40 pm

    Minerals and Mining: Meeting “energy transition demand”?
    Mining, Minerals and Materials

    Decarbonizing the global energy system will require the rapid development of new large-scale supply chains for minerals and metal—such as copper, lithium and nickel—key to the expansion of clean energy technologies. Are we on track to meet the energy transition’s demand for raw materials? Will government efforts to “reshore” and “friendshore” these supply chains slow development? What policies are needed to support investment in the sector?    

Wednesday, 20 March