Bauxite Bargaining : Guinea versus the Aluminium Multinationals

1984

Guinea possesses all of the “factors of production” (very high grade bauxite, hydro-electric energy potential, etc) which traditional economic analysis suggests necessary to permit local transformation of the raw material. However, raw bauxite from the important Boké site was shipped until recently to be processed in Quebec, and as of 1983 will be exported thousands of miles to be transformed into alumina at Aughinish, Ireland, then shipped to Lynemouth, England, to be processed into aluminium. The above paradox led to a study which has as its object to understand the causes which limit and condition the capacity of a bauxite producing country to negociate with the multinationals of the aluminium industry.

Campbell, Bonnie. 1984. « Bauxite Bargaining : Guinea versus the Aluminium Multinationals ». Raw Materials Report, vol. 2, no 4, Stockholm, p. 54-61.

Partager


Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche
en développement international et société (CIRDIS)

Université du Québec à Montréal
Pavillon Hubert-Aquin
400, rue Sainte-Catherine Est, bureau A-3335
Montréal (Québec) H2L 2C5 Canada

Téléphone 514 987-3000 poste 6222
cirdis@uqam.ca

Suivez-nous!



Blogue Un seul monde

Institut d'études internationales de Montréal (IEIM)         Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en développement international et société (CIRDIS)         Groupe de recherche sur les activités minières en Afrique (GRAMA)         Observatoire sur la coopération internationale