19 Countries Express Interest in Joining BRICS
April 27th, 2023
Courtesy of RANE Worldview, a report on growing interest amongst countries to join BRICS: What Happened: South Africa’s ambassador to BRICS (the informal bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) said 19 countries had expressed an interest in joining the bloc, which will meet in Cape Town on June 2-3 to discuss enlargement, […]
Read more »Iran Discovers World’s Second Largest Lithium Reserve
April 17th, 2023
Via The Cradle, commentary on a recent discovery of lithium in Iran: The Islamic Republic of Iran discovered one of the world’s largest lithium reserves, according to a report published by Press TV on 27 February. According to a senior official of the Iranian Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade (MIMT), the lithium deposits could […]
Read more »Investments Rise in Chabahar Free Zone
April 13th, 2023
Via the Tehran Times, an article on growing investment interest in the Chabahar port free zone: In this century, transit and routes for transporting goods and passengers are extremely important. One of the ways that countries can increase their economic and political power and consequently their national power at a lower cost is the optimal […]
Read more »How Viable Is Russia and Iran’s ‘Sanctions-Evasion’ Corridor?
April 10th, 2023
Via Geopolitical Monitor, an article on the proposed Russia/Iran trade corridor: Isolated by the West, Russia and Iran are looking to ease sanctions pressure by forging a new economic corridor that boosts bilateral trade and connects them with fast-growing India – but the project’s effectiveness could yet be undermined by sanctions as well as logistical […]
Read more »Taliban Sets Up Investment Consortium With Firms From Russia, Iran
February 25th, 2023
Via Reuters, a report on Afghanistan’s efforts to create an investment plan for power, mining, and infrastructure: Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration has set up a consortium of companies, including some in Russia, Iran and Pakistan, to create an investment plan focusing on power, mining and infrastructure, the acting commerce minister said on Wednesday. The consortium included […]
Read more »Iran, Turkmenistan Discuss Expansion of Energy Cooperation
February 21st, 2023
Via The Iran Project, a report on Iranian and Turkey interest in expanding energy cooperation: On the sidelines of the 14th Specialized Economic Exhibition of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Ashgabat, the Iranian and Turkmen delegations met and held talks to discuss developing cooperation. Introducing the capabilities of Iranian companies in the oil industry, […]
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.