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This paper considers the notion of oligopolistic growth, presented earlier in 1988, in order to analyze former types of regulation in the markets for ores and metals. Before 1960, the regulation of these markets was subordinated to the fact that producers were able to find a stable growing world market financed largely by mining rents. The political ascent of third world countries in the sixties, and the breakdown of the growth in world demand in the seventies, shattered irreversibly this equilibrium. Mining and metallurgic enterprises are now searching for new growth paths within and outside commodity markets. These new dynamics tend to foster market heterogeneity. Ce texte reprend la notion de mode de croissance présentée pour la première fois en 1988*, comme analyseur des formes anciennes de la régulation des marchés de minerais et de métaux. Avant 1960, la régulation oligopolistique des marchés était subordonnée à ce que les firmes productrices trouvent sur ces marchés mondiaux une dynamique de croissance stable financée par les rentes minières. La montée politique du tiers-monde dans les années 60 et la cassure de la croissance de la demande mondiale dans les années 70 ont brisé progressivement mais irréversiblement cet équilibre. Les entreprises minières et métallurgiques sont désormais à la recherche de nouveaux modes de croissance au sein et en dehors des marchés de commodités. Ces nouvelles dynamiques tendent à faire d’elles un ensemble de plus en plus hétérogène.
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Bomsel, Olivier, 1994.
"Nouveaux axes de croissance des industries des minerais et métaux,"
L'Actualité Economique, Société Canadienne de Science Economique, vol. 70(4), pages 521-541, décembre.
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RePEc:ris:actuec:v:70:y:1994:i:4:p:521-541
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