Texan Bitcoiners Start Mining In Argentina, Where Peso Is In Freefall
March 31st, 2024
Via CNBC, an article on a Texas bitcoin company’s operations in Argentina: Giga Energy, based in Houston, has teamed up with Exa Tech and Phoenix Global Resources to mine bitcoin in Argentina. The province of Mendoza is home to the world’s second-largest shale gas reserve. At the small pilot site, Giga is turning otherwise wasted […]
Read more »Nigeria To Grant Mining Licences Only To Companies that Process Locally
March 31st, 2024
Via Reuters, a report on Nigeria’s recent decision to grant mining licences only to companies that process locally: Nigeria will only grant new mining licences to companies that present a plan on how minerals would be processed locally, under new guidelines being developed, a government spokesperson confirmed on Thursday. This signals a shift from Nigeria’s decades-old […]
Read more »Iran Inks Agreements to Develop Six Oil Fields: Biggest Deals In Decades
March 31st, 2024
Via BNA Intellinews, a report that Iran and Iraq are teaming up to develop the Masjed Soleyman field: Iran has signed what it calls “the biggest deals in a decade” to develop six oil fields in the south and the west, a week after entering into $20bn contracts to boost pressure in the colossal South Pars […]
Read more »Candy Crush: Crushing It In Africa
March 31st, 2024
Courtesy of Semafor, interesting analysis of a recent survey on video games in Africa: I’ve been digging into a survey on video game players across Africa, by Geopoll/Pan Africa Gaming Group, looking for nuggets. It’s a sector which is still in its early stages of development on the continent and has very little analytical coverage. […]
Read more »Macau Roars Back as Gamblers Return to ‘Las Vegas of the East’
March 31st, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Macau’s recovery which has it set to become one of world’s fastest-growing economies: Clutching a Dior handbag and wearing a jacket from French designer Ami, Jacky Chen, who works in real estate in Shenzhen, came to Macau to eat, relax and gamble. “People will spend where they […]
Read more »The Middle East’s Solar Gold Rush
March 31st, 2024
Via Frontera News, an article on recent reports indicate of an increasing Solar Gold Rush in Middle East North Africa region: The MENA region saw over 2 GW of new solar capacity tendered in 2016, and 2017 looks to easily surpass this level as hundreds of billions of dollars begin to flow into green energy in 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.