Central Asia’s Rare Earths May Fuel Energy Transition
December 17th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a look at Central Asia and Mongolia’s rare earth potential: The COP28 climate summit in Dubai produced an agreement that aims to triple the use of renewable energy, double energy efficiency, and “speed up the transition to a cleaner and healthier economy” by 2030, so the world can meet its Paris Agreement goals […]
Read more »The Mongolia-China-Russia Trilateral After the Belt and Road Forum
November 9th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a look at Mongolia’s, China’s, and Russia’s different, if convergent, goals for their trilateral cooperation, headlined by the Power of Siberia 2 mega-project: Beijing’s Belt and Road Forum (BRF) means business for neighbors Russia and Mongolia, both of which are always looking to boost economic activities with China. This year, the meeting […]
Read more »Girl Power is Helping Shape Mongolia’s Digital Future
November 3rd, 2023
Via Nikkei Asia, a look at how a girls coding boot camp reveals Mongolia’s economic potential to diversify from mining: Tears flow down the cheeks of a teenage girl as she pulls her gaze away from the stage. “I’m happy, but we worked so hard,” she sobs softly. “I wish our project had won.” It […]
Read more »Mongolia, France Strike $1.7B Uranium Mining Deal
October 14th, 2023
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on a Mongolian mining deal: France and Mongolia have signed a 1.6 billion euro ($1.7 billion) deal that paves the way for the mining of uranium in the landlocked country, the chairman of French nuclear energy provider Orano told Nikkei Asia on Thursday. Under the framework agreement, Orano will operate […]
Read more »Mongolia’s Search for a Third Way
October 7th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, commentary on what the U.S. can offer a country stuck between China and Russia: The visit in early July of Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov to Beijing would have gone largely unnoticed but for an unexpected announcement. Krasnov revealed that he and his Chinese colleagues had discussed the need to counteract […]
Read more »Mongolia’s Rare Earths Diplomacy and Its Geopolitical Implications
August 13th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on Mongolia’s strategic positioning in the global rare earth sector: Mongolia, rich in minerals especially copper and rare earths, but sandwiched between China and Russia, is making a pivotal shift toward a “third neighbor” – the United States. During a recent visit to Washington, Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai aimed to fortify […]
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.