Saudi Arabia’s Strategic Move: Investing in Pakistan’s Reko Diq Mine
March 3rd, 2025
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at Saudi Arabia’s recent decision to invest in Pakistan’s Reko Diq copper and gold mining project marks a pivotal moment in the economic and geopolitical relationship between the two nations: Saudi Arabia’s recent decision to invest in Pakistan’s Reko Diq copper and gold mining project marks a pivotal moment in the […]
Read more »UAE Investor Buys Stake in Mali Gold Mines From Canada’s Allied Gold
March 1st, 2025
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on investment in Mali’s mining sector which has been unsettled since the ruling junta started its crackdown on miners: Toronto-listed Allied Gold has sold a 50 per cent stake in its Malian mines to an Emirati investor, in the biggest sign of confidence in Mali’s mining sector after […]
Read more »Bolivia Launches Industrialized Iron Complex
March 1st, 2025
Via MercoPress, a report on Bolivia’s iron sector: Bolivian President Luis Arce inaugurated the El Mutún complex, the South American country’s first industrialized iron facility, which can boost other infrastructure developments, particularly those sponsored by Russia and Iran. Steel from the State-owned El Mutún could be used in constructing agricultural equipment, storage facilities, telecommunications towers, […]
Read more »Putin Hosts Guinea-Bissau Leader As Russia Builds Africa Ties
March 1st, 2025
Via Reuters, a report on Russia’s ongoing efforts to build its Africa ties: President Vladimir Putin hosted Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo for talks in the Kremlin on Wednesday, the latest sign of a drive by Moscow to build up economic and security relationships with countries in west and central Africa. State TV showed Russian […]
Read more »US Backs Modernization of Guatemalan Pacific Port to Counterbalance China’s Expansion
March 1st, 2025
Via MercoPress, a report on a a US plan to support modernization of a Guatemalan Pacific port to counterbalance China’s expansion: Guatemala and the United States have announced a US$ 125 million initiative to expand Puerto Quetzal, the largest Pacific port in the Central American country, in a move to counterbalance China’s presence in the […]
Read more »Is China’s Growing Zimbabwe Alliance Key To Its Bigger Plans For Southern Africa?
February 28th, 2025
Via South China Morning Post, a look at how Beijing is betting on resources, labour and long ties to makes Zimbabwe a major steel hub, and a strategic foothold in the region, experts say In Beitbridge, a border town in southern Zimbabwe, a mega industrial park that will eventually produce electricity, chromium-based materials and steel […]
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.