How a Burgeoning Industry in Kazakhstan Is Trying to Kickstart ‘Climate-Smart Beef’
Via Inside Climate News, a look at how the central Asian country is working to scale up its livestock industry without adding to global emissions. Experts are skeptical. In 2010, several herds of [...]
Iran’s Energy Crisis Hits ‘Dire’ Point as Industries Are Forced to Shut Down
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on Iran – which although it has one of the biggest supplies of natural gas and crude oil in the world – finds itself in a full blown energy [...]
Who Is Profiting From The Sudan War?
Via The Africa Report, a look at who is profiting from the Sudan war: Hemeti and his Rapid Support Forces (RSF) officers dream of carving out their own state – which neighbour will help them do it? [...]
Expanding US-Pakistan Relations Through Mining Projects
Via Jerusalem Strategic Review, commentary on the potential role that mining projects could play in The geopolitics of minerals has changed in the last five years, driven largely by the global focus [...]
DRC: Apple Using ‘Conflict Minerals’
Via the BBC, a report on the DRC’s accusation that Apple is using conflict minerals in its products: The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints in France and Belgium against [...]
Macau Is the Casino Capital of the World. For China, That’s Not Enough.
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at how – a quarter century after the former Portuguese colony was made a Chinese territory – Macau’s economic boundaries with the mainland are [...]

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WILDCATS AND BLACK SHEEP
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.