The Promise of Nuclear Energy Brings the West to Mongolia
June 2nd, 2024
Via Time Magazine, a report on the potential that renewed interest in nuclear energy offers Mongolia: The Gobi Desert, once revered by Mongolian poet Dulduityn Danzanravjaa as hiding a cosmic portal to the heavenly kingdom of Shambala, was transformed in the 20th century from spiritual energy center to fossil-fuel hub. Wild rabbits and donkeys share […]
Read more »Power of Siberia 2: Close Deal or Re-Route?
May 11th, 2024
Via Asia Times, a look at the geopolitics surrounding the Power of Siberia 2 as China debates how alternate Kazakhstan gas route affects Mongolia route plan: A plan to transit Russian natural gas to China via Kazakhstan has recently triggered a hot debate among Chinese pundits over the fate of the long-discussed Power of Siberia […]
Read more »Robert Friedland: Africa’s King of Copper
April 10th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an in-depth article on Robert Friedland, whom many consider to be Africa’s king of copper: At the head of Ivanhoe Mines, the American-Canadian tycoon has established himself as one of the key figures in the world of copper mining. He entered the continent via the DRC in the early 2000s, […]
Read more »Mongolia: A Case for Flexibility in U.S. Economic Engagement
March 18th, 2024
Via Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a paper on U.S. economic engagement of Mongolia: The United States will be unable to fulfill its goals of engaging economically in strategically important countries, including implementing the G7-led Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment, elements of the Quad, and the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, if it takes an inflexible and […]
Read more »Mongolia Enters Global Space Industry with Cubesat Launch
March 7th, 2024
Via Capacity Media, a report on Mongolia’s entrance into the global space race: Mongolia has entered the global space industry with the launch of its first satellites The news marks the deployment of two low-earth-orbit nano satellites that launched into space aboard Space-X’s Falcon-9 rocket from its Vandenberg Space Force Base launch site in California. […]
Read more »Russia’s Planned Power of Siberia 2 Gas Pipeline to China Hit by Construction Delay
February 2nd, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Russia’s planned gas pipeline to China hit by construction delay Construction on the Kremlin’s long-planned mega-pipeline connecting Russia’s western gasfields with China is expected to be delayed, the prime minister of Mongolia has warned, in a blow to Moscow’s plans to secure a new market for the […]
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.