China’s Global Network of Strategically Vital Ports
November 7th, 2023
Via The Washington Post, a look at how China has acquired a global network of strategically vital ports: A decade ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping launched the Maritime Silk Road, the oceanic component of his flagship Belt and Road Initiative aimed at improving China’s access to world markets by investing in transportation infrastructure. The initiative’s […]
Read more »Starsight Premier Energy Considers Expansion Into South Sudan, DRC
November 7th, 2023
Via The Africa Report, an article on Starsight Premier Energy’s potential expansion into South Sudan, DRC: Starsight Premier Energy CEO Rupesh Hindocha sees cheap solar power as the key to unlocking Africa’s manufacturing potential. Starsight Premier Energy, a joint venture between Starsight Energy and Premier Solar, is considering entering South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo […]
Read more »Rising Energy Prices Rekindle Thai, Cambodian Interest In Disputed Waters
November 7th, 2023
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on how rising energy prices may rekindle tensions between Thailand and Cambodia over long-dormant oil and gas reserves: A decades-old dispute between Cambodia and Thailand over potentially resource-rich waters is back in the spotlight as rising prices press governments to find new energy sources. Thai officials have floated a new […]
Read more »China Is Lending Billions to Countries in Financial Trouble
November 7th, 2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, a look at how China is shifting its focus from lending money for highways and bridges to providing emergency rescues for previous borrowers: After lending $1.3 trillion to developing countries, mainly for big-ticket infrastructure projects, China has shifted its focus to bailing out many of those same countries from […]
Read more »Bill Gates-Backed Mining Startup Wants to Expand Into Congo
November 7th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, an article on a Bill Gates-backed mining startup that wants to expand into Congo: KoBold Metals invested in copper project in neighboring Zambia The Central African country is world’s top source of cobalt KoBold Metals, a mining start-up backed by Bill Gates that’s developing a copper project in Zambia, is getting closer to investing in […]
Read more »Europe, US Racing to Challenge China’s Dominance over Vital African Minerals, but will They Succeed?
November 6th, 2023
Via The South China Morning Post, an article on European and U.S. efforts to challenge China’s dominance over vital African minerals market, but will they succeed? Countries in the West are attempting to challenge China’s lead in the mining and refining of vital minerals including cobalt and copper The EU and the US have agreed […]
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.