Brazil Joins Race to Loosen China’s Grip on Rare Earths Industry
Via Reuters, a report on Brazil’s potential to loosen China’s grip on rare earths industry: Mining giant Brazil has big ambitions to build a rare earths industry as Western economies push [...]
Komatsu Opens Central Asia Hub to Tap Mining Rush for EV Metals
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on growing industry interest in Central Asia’s energy transition metal potential: Komatsu will facilitate deliveries of mining equipment across Central Asia through a [...]
The Deadly Mining Complex Powering the EV Revolution
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on how nickel is pouring into the supply chain from an Indonesian industrial park with a history of fatal accidents: Early in the morning last Christmas Eve, Chinese [...]
Clothing Brand Busayo PutS Nigerian-Influenced Style at Center Stage
African fashion has been at the center of cultural expression within the continent and its diaspora, but has also evolved into a massive business that oozes identity. Renowned Nigerian American [...]
The Design-Obsessed Indian Scooter Company With Global Ambitions
Via Rest of World, a report on Ather Energy, which has earned a place in India’s crowded EV market by designing to meet local needs: Ather Energy, one of the first electric scooter startups in [...]
Eni Taps Advisers to Sell €1 Billion Ivory Coast Stake
Via Bloomberg, a report on Eni’s plans to sell part of its Ivory Coast stake: Italian energy firm could sell up to 30% holding in operations Eni made biggest ever hydrocarbon discovery in Ivory [...]

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Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

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.