The DRC: World’s New No. 2 Copper Supplier
June 2nd, 2023
Via Bloomberg, a report on the DRC’s continued growth in copper production: The Democratic Republic of Congo displaced Peru as the second-biggest copper exporter last year, official data from the two countries show, in a changing of the guard for the mining industry. While the numbers used in the chart below refer to shipments rather […]
Read more »As Oil Giants Retreat Globally, Smaller Players Rush In
May 23rd, 2023
Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal, a look at how as Big Oil retreats globally, smaller players are filling the gap: Under pressure from shareholders and activists, major energy companies are retreating from higher-polluting and riskier projects around the world. A bunch of smaller companies are rushing in to fill the void. In Nigeria, smaller […]
Read more »Mexico and Peru: Soft Fruit Superpowers
April 18th, 2023
Via the World Economic Forum, a look at how Peru and Mexico boosted berry production hundreds of times over in just 10 years: Carlos Gereda didn’t know what he was starting when he brought some blueberries home to Peru from Chile in 2006. He wanted to know if they would grow in his native soil […]
Read more »Olmos Irrigation Project: Potential To Transform Northern Peru
February 20th, 2023
Via Gateway to South America, a report on a massive hydrological project that has the potential to transform northern Peru: Since before Inca times (XV-XVI centuries), Peruvian people constrained by the Central Andes region geographical characteristics have strived to dominate water for agriculture. Perú climate zones: Coast, Sierra and Forest Irigation channel in […]
Read more »Latin America Is Now China’s ‘Backyard’
January 24th, 2023
Via Newsweek, commentary on China’s growing engagement with Latin America: The People’s Republic of China is moving into Latin America in force. Excluding Mexico, China is the region’s largest trade partner. In 1981, Cuba was the only Latin American country trading more with China than the U.S. China’s two-way trade with the region was $12 […]
Read more »Despite 6th President in 4 Years, Peru’s Economy Keeps Humming
December 9th, 2022
Via McClatchy DC, commentary on Peru which – despite having its sixth president in four years – has a strong economy: When Peruvian President Dina Boluarte was sworn in on Dec. 7 as her country’s sixth leader in the past four years, virtually all news reports pointed out that Peru is one of the world’s most […]
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.