Global Mining’s Dangerous New Reality: Guns, Hostages, Arrests
January 6th, 2025
Via the Wall Street Journal, a report on how – with the U.S. and China intensifying demand for critical metals and minerals – host countries are making hostile plays for more of the profits: Neil Warburton was finishing up his breakfast of porridge and local honey when the armed soldiers converged. The Australian veteran mining executive […]
Read more »Is the U.S. Answer to China’s Belt and Road Working?
December 18th, 2024
Via Foreign Policy, a report on how the International Development Finance Corporation has put the United States more on the map, but China remains king of global infrastructure: U.S. President Joe Biden combined two of his passions during his much-delayed trip to Africa last week: U.S. foreign policy and trains. At the Lobito port on […]
Read more »Africa: Home To Some Of The Fastest Growing Economies in 2025
November 26th, 2024
Via The Economist, a look at Africa where several fast-growing economies show that not everyone is having a lost decade: To walk around Luanda, Angola’s capital, is to tour a graveyard of another era. Half-finished or empty skyscrapers loom over the sun-kissed corniche. Some of the bars along the beach are gaudy monuments to when the […]
Read more »Why Tanzania Is A Promising Investment Destination In East Africa
October 10th, 2024
Via Tanzania Daily News, a look at why Tanzania is a promising investment destination in East Africa: TANZANIA is increasingly emerging as a top choice for investors worldwide, reflecting the sixth phase government’s achievements in enhancing the business environment. The country stands out as a beacon for investors seeking stability and growth in East Africa, […]
Read more »China and US Compete for Control to Transport African Critical Minerals
September 27th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, a look at the growing competition between China and US for control to transport African critical minerals: What’s really behind China’s $1bn renovation of the Tazara railway? On 4 September – on the sidelines of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing – Tanzania, Zambia and China signed an agreement to modernise the bi-national […]
Read more »China Signs Deal to Revamp Mao-Era Southern African Railway
September 5th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on China’s agreement to revamp a railway linking Zambia with Tanzania: Line links copper-rich Zambia with Tanzania’s main ocean port China’s move follows US support for rail link going to Angola China signed an agreement Wednesday to revamp a railway that will help landlocked Zambia, Africa’s second-largest copper producer, export the […]
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.