Via The Frontier Post, a report on China’s effort to widen a South America trade highway with a Silk Road mega port in Peru: In September, a group of Brazilian farmers and officials arrived in the Peruvian fishing town of Chancay. The draw: a new Chinese mega port rising on the Pacific coast, promising to […]
Read more »Via Bloomberg, a report on how African ports are benefiting from security threats in the Red Sea: Walvis Bay and Port Louis are good refueling options: Maersk Security threats in Red Sea are forcing ships to round Africa African ports from Namibia to Mauritius are becoming more popular as refueling stops for vessels shunning security […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on how East Africa may be in pole position to secure part of the $15bn earmarked by Saudi Arabia for critical minerals mining: Saudi Arabia is aiming to invest in mapping, exploration and production of critical minerals in East Africa, Alawi Swabury, CEO of the Africa Battery Initiative […]
Read more »Via CNN, an article on how Hungary and Mexico could help BYD crack the global market: More than 5,000 electric vehicles were loaded onto a giant shipping carrier in China this week and sent to ports in Europe. The cars come from BYD, the Chinese carmaker that is backed by Warren Buffett and has surpassed Tesla as […]
Read more »Via The Frontier Post, a report on Indian tycoon Adani’s big bet on a vast solar and wind plant: Deep in the desert along the border with Pakistan, India’s most controversial billionaire is building the world’s largest renewable energy park as he races to future-proof his coal-linked fortune. Gautam Adani’s ports-to-airports, media and energy empire […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on BYD’s plans to invest $1.3bn in its sixth overseas factory as it aims to expand global footprint: BYD is to invest $1.3bn in an electric vehicle factory in Indonesia, after the Chinese carmaker unveiled three new battery models for sale with the aim of becoming Indonesia’s biggest […]
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