The Quad can Break China’s Mineral Stranglehold
September 6th, 2025
Via Nikkei Asia, commentary on how – the Quad can break China’s mineral stranglehold: Critical minerals are the building blocks of modern civilization. They underpin every sector of the global economy: semiconductors, electronics, automobiles and defense equipment, and have given rise to what Gregory Wischer, an official at the U.S. Department of the Interior, calls […]
Read more »Namibia’s Big Ambition to Become Oil Hotspot Tested By Wildcatter
September 5th, 2025
Via Bloomberg, a report on Namibia’s oil ambitions: Rhino Resources Ltd. made a significant oil discovery off Namibia’s coast after diverting the Noble Venturer drillship to a new location. The company is now drilling another well called Volans, with results expected next month, as the market watches to see if Namibia has the resources to […]
Read more »Iran’s SCO Entry Turning Into a Road to Nowhere
September 4th, 2025
Via Asia Times, a report on how Iran’s SCO inclusion has brought Tehran little relief from Western sanctions and even less from promised but stalled economic projects: For a nation under the crush of international sanctions, membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was never just about diplomatic photo-ops. For Iran, it was pitched as […]
Read more »How The Trumps Won The Gulf
September 4th, 2025
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on the first family’s complex, lucrative and growing business interests in the Gulf region: Donald Trump Jr looked completely at ease as he strode across the plush carpet of the Waldorf Astoria in Doha one afternoon this May. Thick hair smoothed back, custard-yellow tie on display, smile flashing, […]
Read more »Market Chaos In North Korea: Currency Crisis Devastates Trade
September 2nd, 2025
Via Daily NK, an article on how a currency crisis is devastating North Korean trade: A wave of inflation is crushing North Korean markets as exchange rates soar and the local currency plummets. The dollar’s value has jumped 20-30% virtually overnight, throwing market merchants into turmoil. Yet instead of giving traders more freedom to adapt, authorities are tightening their grip on market activities. […]
Read more »Tiny Caribbean Island Makes Millions From Its Web Address
September 2nd, 2025
Via BBC, a look at how sheer luck made this tiny Caribbean island millions from its web address: Back in the 1980s when the internet was still in its infancy, countries were being handed their own unique website addresses to navigate this nascent new online world. Such as .us for the US or .uk for […]
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.