Zimbabwe: Expanding Its Lithium Industry with China’s Support
July 12th, 2023
Via Inconcreto, a report on Zimbabwe’s expanding lithium industry: Located in the southern part of Africa, Zimbabwe is a former colony of the British Empire that gained fully independence in 1980. It is a relatively small state within the African continent, with an overall population of approximately 14 million people. Zimbabwe is recognized as the […]
Read more »DHL Invests In Latin America As Clients Expand Supply Chains Beyond China
July 12th, 2023
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on DHL’s efforts to build new warehouses across alternative manufacturing hubs including Mexico, Malaysia and Vietnam: Deutsche Post DHL is investing €500mn in its Latin American business as it seeks to capitalise on growing demand to expand supply chains beyond China. The logistics group is building out new […]
Read more »Power Play? A Troubled New Power Plant Leaves Jordan in Debt to China
July 10th, 2023
Via AP News, an article on a troubled new power plant which has left Jordan in debt to China, raising concerns over Beijing’s influence: Jordan’s Attarat power plant was envisioned as a landmark project promising to provide the desert kingdom with a major source of energy while solidifying its relations with China. But weeks after […]
Read more »Chinese Investors and Samoan High Chief Plot A Cryptocurrency Hub In Paradise
July 9th, 2023
Via Eurasia Review, a look at a curious Chinese-led cryptocurrency vision for Samoa: At a slickly choreographed event in Hong Kong on April 26, the island nation of Samoa was introduced to a vision of its future: cryptocurrency and stock trading epicenter of the South Pacific. Chinese officials and businessmen made speeches – their resumes […]
Read more »First Qashqari Oil Extraction Starts In Afghanistan’s Sar-e-Pul Province
July 8th, 2023
Via Afghanistan’s ATN News, a report and video of the first Qashqari oil extraction starts in Afghanistan’s Sar-e-Pul province: The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) says a test extraction from the first Qashqari oil well has kicked off in Afghanistan’s Sar-e-Pul province. In a trip to the province on Saturday, Minister of Mines and […]
Read more »Niger, China Discuss Uranium Mine and Other Deals
July 7th, 2023
Courtesy of VOA News, a report on growing Chinese interest in Niger: The West African nation of Niger and China have been discussing deals that include an industrial park, an oil pipeline and a uranium mine. The Chinese ambassador to Niger, Jiang Feng, said China would build an industrial park that would impact industries including […]
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.