The ‘Lithium OPEC’
July 16th, 2022
Via Week In China, a look at what some are calling the ‘Lithium OPEC’: Lithium – known as the ‘white petroleum’ – is a metal commonly used in the making of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). A dozen years ago in August 2010, Tianqi and Ganfeng, China’s leading producers of the metal, both went public […]
Read more »Chinese Telecom Carrier Helps Bridge Digital Gap in Pakistan
July 10th, 2022
Via Technology Times, a look at how a Chinese telecom carrier is helping bridge the digital gap in Pakistan: In recent years, Pakistan has accelerated the construction of its mobile communication facilities, with companies like China Mobile Pakistan (CMPak) playing a significant role in the local market and network. Companies in Pakistan are now looking to […]
Read more »Foreign Casinos Have Been a Disaster for Cambodia
July 8th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, an article on the impact that foreign casinos have had upon Cambodia: On June 27, hundreds of Cambodian security personnel violently dispersed a group of striking NagaWorld casino workers, beating the mostly female crowd and leaving 10 people injured. Since December 2021, staff at the casino in Phnom Penh have engaged in organized strikes […]
Read more »First CPEC Hydropower Project Starts Operations
July 6th, 2022
Via Pakistan’s Technology Times, an article on how – on June 29 – the Karot hydropower project (HPP) was put into full commercial operation, a major milestone in the progress of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): While Pakistani authorities expressed jubilation and gratitude to the Chinese government for its cooperation in the completion of the […]
Read more »Second Coming Of The BRICS?
July 4th, 2022
Via East Asia Forum, a look at the BRICs, 13 years after their first meeting in 2009: When the inaugural BRIC summit took place in 2009, it was a moment of relative triumph for its members. While the West dealt with the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, BRIC countries — Brazil, Russia, India […]
Read more »Major Project Of China’s West-To-East Power Transmission Program Starts Operation
July 2nd, 2022
Via Technology Times, an article on a major part of China’s west-to-east power transmission program which kicked off operation Friday, a further boost to the coordinated development among different regions: With its transmission line stretching about 2,080 km, the Baihetan-Jiangsu 800-kilovolt ultra-high-voltage (UHV) direct current power transmission project transmits clean hydropower from the southwestern province of […]
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.