An upcoming trade exhibition will highlight the hope among Gulf Cooperation Council governments and producers that a new wave of foreign investment can help the region’s aluminium sector expand and diversify. The surging demand in key international markets such as China and the rest of Asia, North America, Latin America, East Europe and the Middle […]
Oman plans massive new port complex
A recent piece in The Economist details the sultanate’s plans to build an expansive port at the center of a new special economic zone, featuring the region’s second-largest dry dock, “a petrochemical factory, a refinery, an airport, [and] beach-front hotels.” The idea is to use this export hub to make Oman’s economy less reliant on dwindling […]
Ankara strengthens ties with Kabul through hydrocarbon and metal exploration
Turkey’s energy minister met with Afghan president Hamid Karzai in early March, as the Turkish state-owned oil company TPAO prepared to invest more than $100 million in oil and gas projects in Afghanistan. Turkish companies have also won tenders to explore for gold and other minerals in the country, which has pinned its near- and […]
The New War for Afghanistans Untapped Oil – Antonia Juhasz – The Atlantic
In her feature for The Atlantic, journalist Antonia Juhasz argues that struggles for natural resources–oil and gas in particular–could be responsible for an increase in violence in Afghanistan during 2012, and that the Pentagon has thus far failed to recognize this new reality. I experienced the Taliban surge firsthand this past November, and can offer a […]
Germany eyeing Balochistan Gold and Copper Project
A recent article raises the prospect of German involvement in metals exploration and mining in Pakistan’s Balochistan province: Germany has evinced keen interest to invest in the Balochistan Gold and Copper project. The German envoy Dr Cyrill Nunn said, “Being a trading nation, we intend to invest in the Balochistan Gold and Copper project.” During […]
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