Malaysia’s King Bids to Revive Chinese-Backed ‘Dream Paradise’
July 15th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on the Malaysia’s king bid to revive a Chinese-backed ‘dream paradise’ – the $100bn Forest City development on Malaysia’s southern coast aimed to provide homes for as many as 700,000 people: Malaysia’s billionaire king is trying to resuscitate a huge real estate project he helped launch in his […]
Read more »How Mongolia’s Foreign Policy Can Bolster Critical Mineral Supply Chains
July 15th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a report on Mongolia’s significant opportunity to contribute to the regional and global energy transition by supplying key commodities: As governments worldwide try to reduce fossil fuel usage and CO2 emissions, critical minerals and their supply chains are ever-important. Mongolia’s vast natural resources combined with the government’s push to capitalize on its […]
Read more »‘Will You Stop Exploring Yours?’: Latin America Forges Ahead on New Oil Frontier
July 15th, 2024
Courtesy of The Guardian, a report on Latin America where about half the countries in the region are experiencing a rush in oil exploration that threatens the global drive to achieve net zero. But many argue that they have a right to enrich themselves in the same way the west has: His raised hands dirty […]
Read more »Cuba: Ratcheting Up Pressure On Private Business As Economic Crisis Deepens
July 15th, 2024
Via Reuters, an article on Cuba decision to ratchet up pressure on private business as economic crisis deepens: Cuba is tightening regulations on fledgling private businesses, reining in profits and beefing up oversight as the government wrestles with how best to manage fast-growing private enterprise in the communist-run country. Cuban authorities two years ago lifted […]
Read more »Conflict in Congo Threatens Trade in Key Metals, UN Experts Say
July 15th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on how conflict in the DRC is threatening mining of key metals: Main mine for world’s coltan ‘ineligible for trade’ due to war ‘Serious risk’ region’s metal supply contaminated by conflict Companies buying metal sourced from central Africa could be exposing themselves to United Nations sanctions for supporting war in eastern […]
Read more »Ethiopia, South Sudan Agree To Build Alternate Oil Pipeline Route
July 15th, 2024
Via the Sudan Tribune, a report on a new agreement between Ethiopia and South Sudan on an alternative oil pipeline route: South Sudan and neigbouring Ethiopia have agreed to enhance border security and trade by building alternate oil infrastructure. The agreement was reached on July 6, 2024 by governors and administrators on the common border […]
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.