Chinese State-Owned Firm To Build Major Sri Lanka Port Complex
Via Energy Daily, an article on a Chinese state-owned firm’s plans to build major Sri Lanka port complex: A Chinese state-owned firm said on Monday it plans to take its investment in Sri Lanka [...]
Taliban In ‘No Hurry’ To Agree $10B Lithium Deal With China
Via The Frontier Post, a report on Afghanistan’s response to China’s interest in its lithium: The Taliban said on Monday they were not in a hurry to give China access to Afghanistan’s [...]
Pakistan’s Economic Crisis: What Went Wrong?
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at Pakistan’s economic crisis: In March-April, the Pakistan government set up distribution sites across the country to provide sasta aur muft aata (low-cost and [...]
Ghana’s Bauxite Boom
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a slightly dated look at how Chinese investment has led to a crush of infrastructure development in Ghana’s tropical forests—and not everyone is happy about it: em>For [...]
Two Major Chinese Companies Plan To Invest In Iran’s Khuzestan
Via Iran Front Page News, a report on planned new Chinese investment in Iran: Chinese Ambassador to Tehran Chang Hua says two major Chinese companies plan to invest in Khuzestan, in Iran’s oil-rich [...]
China’s Latin American Gold Rush Is All About Clean Energy
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on China’s Latin American “gold rush”: A new gold rush is underway in Latin America—only this time around, the bounty is white. With its [...]

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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.