Collapsing Oil Exports Threaten Algeria’s Economy
February 15th, 2021
Via Morocco World News, a report on Algeria’s economic challenges in the face of declining oil revenue: Algeria is seeing its oil exports fall despite new highs in international oil prices amid increasing demand as the global economy recovers. Algeria’s economic independence has long been based on its large reserves of natural gas and oil. […]
Read more »A Dream Deferred? The ‘Equitization’ of Vietnam’s State-Owned Enterprises
February 13th, 2021
Via The Diplomat, an article on Vietnam’s progress towards a more liberal, market-driven economy: Vietnam has weathered the COVID-19 crisis better than most nations. The spread of the virus has been managed well, and despite turmoil in global markets the economy grew by around 3 percent in 2020, while running a $19 billion trade surplus. Investment […]
Read more »China Building Indonesia Into An EV Powerhouse
February 10th, 2021
Via Asia Times, a report on how China’s investments in Indonesia’s nickel, copper and other ores used in electric vehicles are lifting nation’s industrial prospects: Chief investment minister Luhut Panjaitan has few concerns about China’s iron grip on Indonesia’s nickel industry as other major investors flock to a country with the range of mineral elements needed […]
Read more »Kazakhstan’s Economy May Finally Be Rebounding
February 8th, 2021
Via The Journal Pioneer, commentary on Kazakhstan’s economy: At 2.7 million square kilometres in area, Kazakhstan, one of the former central Asian republics of the Soviet Union, is the ninth-largest country in the world. It encompasses an area roughly as big as Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and Austria combined. Until two years ago, everyone […]
Read more »Congo, Coltan, Conflict: How the Digital Boom Fueled Conflict in Congo
February 7th, 2021
Via McGill’s International Review, an article on how industry’s search for coltan has led to conflict in the DRC: The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of natural resources, owing to a tremendous deposit of untapped raw minerals. However, as Congo emerges from a brutal history […]
Read more »Chinese Plans To Build A $39B Port In Papua New Guinea
February 7th, 2021
Via The Sunday Times, a report on a Chinese plan to build a new port city in Papua New Guinea: A Chinese plan to build a city with a large port on Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) impoverished south coast, less than 50 miles from Australian territory, has raised alarm in Canberra. Security agencies are fearful […]
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.