Saudi Arabia Signs Major Green Energy Pact With Central Asian Nations
November 16th, 2024
Via Arab News, a report on Saudi Arabia’s new major green energy pact with Central Asian nations: Saudi Arabia has signed a joint executive program with Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan to strengthen collaboration on renewable energy development and transmission. The deal was signed on the sidelines of the 29th UN Climate Summit in Baku by […]
Read more »China, Indonesia Sign $10 Billion in Deals as Prabowo Visits Beijing
November 16th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a report on new Chinese investment in Indonesia, including a controversial agreement on economic activities in areas around the Natuna Islands in the South China Sea: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto yesterday wound up a visit to China, his first since taking office last month, signaling an intention to maintain good relations with Beijing in […]
Read more »What A Shuttered Quarry Says About Mexico’s Investment Climate
November 16th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on how the forced closure of a US-owned site in Yucatán says about Mexico’s investment climate: The closure of a large US-owned limestone quarry in Mexico has jolted investors and the world’s largest bilateral trade relationship, in a case seen as a thermometer for the political and legal […]
Read more »Resolute Faces $160 Million Demand From Mali as CEO Detained
November 15th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on Resolute Mining’s crisis in Mali: Holohan and two colleagues have been held since late last week Government wants mining firms to renegotiate economic terms Mali is demanding Australia’s Resolute Mining Ltd. pay about $160 million to resolve a tax dispute after the government detained the gold producer’s chief executive, according to people […]
Read more »World Fears a Wider Trade War. Malaysia Sees an Opportunity.
November 15th, 2024
Via the New York Times, a report on how – with Donald J. Trump promising tariffs – Malaysia hopes a deal with Singapore for greater economic integration will strengthen its role as a China alternative: During his first term as president, when Donald J. Trump started a tariff war to pit the United States against […]
Read more »Vietnam’s Booming Korea Towns
November 15th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, an interesting look at Vietnam’s booming Korea Towns: Peter Jung’s very niche enterprise would have been unimaginable just a short time ago in Ho Chi Minh City. Last year he opened Fill It, a high-end clinic specializing in scalp micropigmentation, a treatment for hair loss, serving the city’s South Korean population. “Of […]
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.