Iran’s Energy Crisis Hits ‘Dire’ Point as Industries Are Forced to Shut Down
December 22nd, 2024
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on Iran – which although it has one of the biggest supplies of natural gas and crude oil in the world – finds itself in a full blown energy emergency, coming just as it also suffers major geopolitical setbacks: Government offices in Iran are closed or operating […]
Read more »Who Is Profiting From The Sudan War?
December 22nd, 2024
Via The Africa Report, a look at who is profiting from the Sudan war: Hemeti and his Rapid Support Forces (RSF) officers dream of carving out their own state – which neighbour will help them do it? Sudan’s geopolitical location has encouraged the involvement of countries in the conflict, and a combination of Sahelian and […]
Read more »Expanding US-Pakistan Relations Through Mining Projects
December 22nd, 2024
Via Jerusalem Strategic Review, commentary on the potential role that mining projects could play in The geopolitics of minerals has changed in the last five years, driven largely by the global focus on electric cars. The demand for minerals used in batteries, like lithium, cobalt, and copper, will quadruple by 2040. Among top consumers is the […]
Read more »DRC: Apple Using ‘Conflict Minerals’
December 22nd, 2024
Via the BBC, a report on the DRC’s accusation that Apple is using conflict minerals in its products: The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints in France and Belgium against subsidiaries of the tech giant Apple, accusing it of using conflict minerals. Acting on behalf of the Congolese government, lawyers have argued that […]
Read more »Macau Is the Casino Capital of the World. For China, That’s Not Enough.
December 22nd, 2024
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at how – a quarter century after the former Portuguese colony was made a Chinese territory – Macau’s economic boundaries with the mainland are being blurred: Macau, the world’s gambling capital, is becoming more intertwined with a Chinese neighbor — one person, train and building at a […]
Read more »West Africa Bloc Offers Junta-Led States Six Months To Rethink Exit
December 22nd, 2024
Via Reuters, a report on ECOWAS’s efforts to persuade Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger to stay within the bloc: Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have a six-month grace period after their scheduled exit from West Africa’s main political and economic group next month during which the ECOWAS bloc will try to persuade them to […]
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.