Brazil Hopes to Make the Amazon a Model for a Green Economy
November 8th, 2024
Via Yale e360, an article on Brazil’s initiatives to promote a “bioeconomy” in the Amazon that protects biodiversity and helps Indigenous residents. The goal: To get governments to commit to a new economic vision that is truly sustainable. “We must ensure that taking care of the forest is more profitable than cutting down the trees.” […]
Read more »Angola: Caught In Tug-of-War Between China, US
November 7th, 2024
Via Deutsche Welle, a report on how – with rich oil and gas reserves, along with a strategic position for natural resource extraction from Africa’s interior – make Angola a focal point for both China and the US: US President Joe Biden was scheduled to visit Angola this week, but the trip was postponed at the last minute due […]
Read more »Global Cobalt Reserves 2023
November 7th, 2024
Via Mining Visuals, a look at at where the world’s cobalt reserves are located: Cobalt is a critical mineral, essential for the production of lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs), smartphones, and other renewable energy applications. As the world transitions to greener technologies, the demand for cobalt is projected to rise sharply. At the […]
Read more »As Civil War Rages, Sudan’s Government Cancels $6B UAE Port Project
November 5th, 2024
Via The Maritime Executive, a report that Sudan has cancelled the UAE’s planned $6B port investment: The military government of Sudan has canceled a $6 billion port deal with the United Arab Emirates over the UAE’s alleged weapons transfers to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the Sudanese militia that launched a brutal civil war in April 2023. An […]
Read more »Chinese Investment in Kazakhstan Deepens With $2.5 Billion in New Deals
November 5th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, an article on new Chinese investment in Kazakhstan, most of which involve a steel and mining company recently acquired and renamed by a state-owned private equity firm in the wake of a tragic mining accident: During a working visit to Shanghai this week, Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov attended a Kazakh-Chinese investment roundtable, […]
Read more »Russia’s Oil Fleet and the Floating Armories That Help Keep Profits Flowing
November 5th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on the floating armories that are helping Russia profit enormously from its oil trade despite widespread sanctions: Somewhere off the coast of Eritrea on July 20th last year, the Vernadsky Prospect — stocked with 730,000 barrels of Russian crude — started broadcasting a message: “Armed guard on board.” The 250-meter long […]
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.