Locals Slam Zimbabwe for Turning a Blind Eye to Chinese Miner’s Violations
April 3rd, 2024
Via Mongabay, a report on the Bikita Minerals lithium mine in Zimbabwe where local communities accuse the government and Chinese mining company Sinomine Resource Group of sidelining environmental and social standards in the scramble for lithium: At the end of November last year, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Sinomine Resource Group chair Wang Pingwei walked […]
Read more »A Building Boom in the Himalayas Threatens Climate Disasters
April 3rd, 2024
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a sobering report on how Modi’s push to develop along India’s tense border with China heightens risks to the already fragile area: On January 3, 2023, cracks suddenly spread over hundreds of buildings in Joshimath, India, and they started sinking into the ground. Residents gathered up what furniture and prized belongings they […]
Read more »Nigeria’s Film Scene Is Blowing Up and The World Is Finally Tuning In
April 3rd, 2024
Via Tech Safari, a look at Nigeria’s rapidly growing film industry: When you go after bad guys who have nothing to lose, only two things can happen: You win, or you pay. Paul Edima paid… and then he won. When corrupt policemen kill his only son, Paul is left with no choice but to return […]
Read more »How Jared Kushner’s Luxe Hotel Scheme Ignited a City Rebellion
April 3rd, 2024
Via Daily Beast, an article on a proposed development in Serbia, that has critics lambasting it as a government effort to curry favor with Donald Trump. A luxury real estate venture backed by Jared Kushner in Serbia has stoked fierce opposition from public officials and civilians who have accused Kushner of cultural insensitivity over the […]
Read more »Elevating the Role of Critical Minerals for Development and Security
April 3rd, 2024
Via CSIS, a report on the growing importance of critical minerals for development and security: Over the next few decades, the role that copper and critical minerals play in achieving the energy transition, spurring economic development, and strengthening national security will continue to grow. The world is slowly shifting its energy mix to one that […]
Read more »China Is Still Rising
April 2nd, 2024
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, commentary on China and the importance of not underestimating the world’s second-biggest economy For over two decades, China’s phenomenal economic performance impressed and alarmed much of the world, including the United States, its top trading partner. But since 2019, China’s sluggish growth has led many observers to conclude that China has […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.