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 »Chinese Mining Company To Invest $350M In Afghanistan
July 7th, 2023
Via The Frontier Post, a report on a planned Chinese investment in Afghanistan: Fan China Afghan Mining Processing and Trading Company (FAMPTC) stated on Thursday that it would spend $350 million in Afghanistan over the next months in several industries, including electricity generation, the building of a cement factory, and healthcare. In a meeting with […]
Read more »Land Ports on China-Russia Border Break Train Trips Record
July 7th, 2023
Via New Silk Road Discovery, a report on growing China-Europe trade via rail: The largest land port on the China-Russia border, Manzhouli in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, and Suifenhe Port, Heilongjiang province’s largest land port, recorded 2,754 trips of inbound and outbound China-Europe freight trains in the first half of this year, according 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.