The Congo cartel : governing raw materials chains and socio-economic stability 1918-1950
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- Robrecht Declercq (UGent)
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- Diamonds, copper, tin, uranium, cobalt, etc., were arguably the most important minerals extracted from the Congo. While there has been plenty of attention for economic policy, taxation and coercive labour systems, this chapter focuses on the importance of international cartel agreements for the production and sales of mineral commodities extracted from the Congo. This chapter shows how colonial industries actively participated in cartels, as they formed necessary tools for socio-economic stability and industry expansion. Cartels allowed to integrate mineral production with metropolitan, especially non-ferrous industries and the diamond cutting industry in Antwerp. Recent evidence also shows that cartels produced tensions between businesses and the colonial administration, as the restriction or foreign control of imperial raw materials was at odds with territorial colonialism and sovereignty. Based on new research on various cartel agreements of Congo's minerals such as copper, tin, diamonds, cobalt, this chapter thus aims for a better understanding of cartel participation as one of the ignored cornerstones of the colonial economy, and how cartels allowed the exploitation of the Congo and informed colonial-metropolitan economic ties more broadly.
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8758971
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- Declercq, Robrecht. “The Congo Cartel : Governing Raw Materials Chains and Socio-Economic Stability 1918-1950.” A History of Business Cartels : International Politics, National Policies and Anti-Competitive Behaviour, edited by Martin Shanahan and Susanna Fellman, Routledge, 2022, pp. 249–65, doi:10.4324/9781003128922-17.
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- Declercq, R. (2022). The Congo cartel : governing raw materials chains and socio-economic stability 1918-1950. In M. Shanahan & S. Fellman (Eds.), A history of business cartels : international politics, national policies and anti-competitive behaviour (pp. 249–265). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003128922-17
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- Declercq, Robrecht. 2022. “The Congo Cartel : Governing Raw Materials Chains and Socio-Economic Stability 1918-1950.” In A History of Business Cartels : International Politics, National Policies and Anti-Competitive Behaviour, edited by Martin Shanahan and Susanna Fellman, 249–65. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003128922-17.
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- Declercq, Robrecht. 2022. “The Congo Cartel : Governing Raw Materials Chains and Socio-Economic Stability 1918-1950.” In A History of Business Cartels : International Politics, National Policies and Anti-Competitive Behaviour, ed by. Martin Shanahan and Susanna Fellman, 249–265. New York: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003128922-17.
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- 1.Declercq R. The Congo cartel : governing raw materials chains and socio-economic stability 1918-1950. In: Shanahan M, Fellman S, editors. A history of business cartels : international politics, national policies and anti-competitive behaviour. New York: Routledge; 2022. p. 249–65.
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- [1]R. Declercq, “The Congo cartel : governing raw materials chains and socio-economic stability 1918-1950,” in A history of business cartels : international politics, national policies and anti-competitive behaviour, M. Shanahan and S. Fellman, Eds. New York: Routledge, 2022, pp. 249–265.
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