Washington Wants to Revive a Critical Minerals Mega-Railway Through Africa
March 3rd, 2024
Via Foreign Policy, an article on the Lobito Corridor: As geopolitical tensions electrify the global scramble for critical minerals—the raw materials that underpin advanced defense systems and clean energy technologies—the United States and China have been racing to expand their influence over the mineral market in Africa. The world’s F-35 fighter jets, electric vehicle (EV) […]
Read more »Pakistan Will Build Pipeline to Iran to Import Natural Gas
March 3rd, 2024
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report that Pakistan plans to build a pipeline to Iran to import natural gas: Pipeline faced delays over Pakistan’s concerns of sanctions Pakistan says its needs to replenish dwindling supplies Pakistan is moving ahead to build a pipeline that will transport natural gas from Iran, a move it says is needed […]
Read more »Data Center Investments Shift To Emerging Markets Amidst Regulatory Scrutiny and Energy Needs
March 3rd, 2024
Via Frontier Market News, a look at how data center investment is shifting to emerging markets amid regulatory scrutiny and rising energy needs: The boom in artificial intelligence use and investment is creating a surge of demand for data centers, the massive facilities which house and transmit the vast amounts of data needed to train […]
Read more »American Investors’ Multi-Billion-Dollar Green Hydrogen and Ammonia Plant in Chile Seeks Approval
March 3rd, 2024
Via Hydrogen Insight, a report on a planned multi-billion-dollar green hydrogen and ammonia plant in Chile, which aims to draw on high solar power potential in the Atacama Desert to power cheap renewable NH3 production at the port city of Mejillones: A $2.5bn green hydrogen and ammonia project in northern Chile that will utilise solar […]
Read more »Dirty Money Is Destroying Sudan
March 3rd, 2024
Via Foreign Affairs, commentary on how Middle Eastern countries whih see especially tempting opportunities to exploit Sudan’s natural resources, access its ports along the Red Sea, use it as a base to combat the Houthis in Yemen, quash pro-democracy efforts, and strengthen the hand of Islamist or anti-Islamist groups have become a major source of […]
Read more »China To Build Kenya’s AFCON Stadium
March 3rd, 2024
Via NTV Kenya, news that Kenya has signed up China Road and Bridge Corporation to build a 60,000-seat stadium in Nairobi for Africa’s biggest sporting competition, the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). It comes ahead of AFCON 2027, which Kenya will host jointly with its neighbors Tanzania and Uganda. Kenya sports ministry The facility, set […]
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