Japan, South Korea to Build Supply Chain for Hydrogen and Ammonia
November 10th, 2023
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on Japanese and South Korean plans to build supply chain for hydrogen and ammonia: Japan and South Korea will build a supply chain for hydrogen and ammonia together, the neighbors’ latest move to expand their base of cooperation in economic security, Nikkei has learned. New frameworks will also be established […]
Read more »From EVs to Digital, South Korea Bags Deals in Tense Middle East
October 27th, 2023
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a look at the results of a recent South Korea business-focused trip to Saudi Arabia and Qatar: South Korea is strengthening business and economic ties in the Middle East, signing deals for electric vehicle manufacturing, digital development, energy, infrastructure and shipbuilding as it seeks fresh opportunities in a region it heavily […]
Read more »South Korea Wins 46 Saudi Arabia Energy, Infrastructure Projects
October 24th, 2023
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on South Korean engagement with Saudi Arabia: The South Korean government is pushing infrastructure and energy technology exports to Saudi Arabia, with 46 corporate deals and basic agreements signed during President Yoon Suk Yeol’s visit to the Middle Eastern country. Yoon and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attended a bilateral investment […]
Read more »East China’s Lianyungang Port Develops As Hub For Connecting Central & SE Asia
August 22nd, 2022
Via Silk Road Briefing, an article on how Jiangsu’s Lianyungang connects trade between Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Japan, South Korea, and Singapore: A new rail freight route from Wuxi in China’s Jiangsu Province near to Shanghai on China’s east coast, through Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan began operating over the past weekend, containing more than 1,000 tons of goods. […]
Read more »The Brics Are Dead… Long Live The Ticks
January 28th, 2016
Courtesy of the Financial Times, a report on the decline of Brazil and Russia from an emerging market fund perspective: The Brics are dead. Long live the Ticks. The Brics concept, based on the belief that the quartet of Brazil, Russia and India and China would power an unstoppable wave of emerging markets-led economic growth, […]
Read more »A ‘Pipe Dream?’ Russia, North and South Korea’s Gas Pipeline Quest
October 31st, 2012
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article examining the chances for a pipeline across N. Korea to provide natural gas to S. Korea: The idea of building a commercially and politically viable gas pipeline from Russia’s Sakhalin Island fields across North Korea to provide a long-term supply to South Korea has been percolating for years as […]
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.