Why Has High Speed Rail Failed in Kazakhstan?
November 9th, 2024
Kazakhstan once harbored grand plans for a high-speed rail network. The Diplomat examines why – while its neighbors have pushed ahead with such projects – HSR fallen out of favor in Astana: High-speed train travel can be a challenging prospect for any nation. To achieve speeds of 250 kilometers per hour, high-speed rail (HSR) requires […]
Read more »Peru New Megaport: Beijing’s ‘Playbook’ For Large Overseas Infrastructure Projects
November 9th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Peru’s new Chinese-built megaport: Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to inaugurate the $1.3bn Chancay port on the Pacific coast when he visits Peru for a summit in mid-November, amid growing concerns among US security officials that the facility’s size, depth and strategic location make it suitable […]
Read more »Tullow CEO Sees Stunted Kenya Oil Project as Fix for South Sudan
November 8th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on a possible option to help transport South Sudan oil: Oil company made Kenya discoveries more than a decade ago South Sudan’s exports have been held up by a broken pipeline Tullow Oil Plc’s delayed project to export oil from discoveries in Kenya by pipeline to the coast could be a […]
Read more »Myanmar Rebels Seize Rare-Earth Mining Hubs, Threatening Supply Chains
November 8th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on how rebel activity in Myanmar, the world’s 3rd-largest rare earths producer, is disrupting exports to neighboring China: Armed rebels are taking control of key rare-earth mining areas in Myanmar, a development that threatens to disrupt supply chains for electric vehicles and other products that pass through China. The Kachin […]
Read more »Mongolia’s New Coal Highway To China
November 8th, 2024
Via Dialogue. Earth, a report on Mongolia’s efforts to increase coal exports to a decarbonising China, leaving pastoralists in Ömnögovi province braced for the potential damage: Nearly 85% of Mongolia’s exports go to its southern neighbour, China, and must pass through one of eight checkpoints along the two countries’ 4,709-kilometre-long border. More than half of it is coal, which […]
Read more »Southeast Asia Expands Trade As Neutral Hub In Divided World
November 8th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, a look at Southeast Asia’s efforts to position itself as a neutral trade hub in a divided world: Southeast Asia is rapidly expanding its global trade by pursuing diplomatic neutrality and engaging with various economies in conflict over political and economic issues. The region’s external trade is projected to rise by $1.2 […]
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.