Geopolitics of the Brazilian Iron Ore in the Interwar Period

Geopolítica do minério de ferro brasileiro no entreguerras

Gustavo Barros

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Abstract: This work explores the conflict in the international sphere in the interwar period regarding the exploitation of the large iron ore reserves in the central region of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, along with some of their implications. The literature that covers the debate about the steel-making problem and iron ore export, which occurred in Brazil from the 1910s to the early 1940s, largely neglected the differentiation of interests and antagonism between the world powers regarding the exploitation of these mineral resources. I argue here that this exploitation had significant strategic potential implications to the balance of power among European powers within the configuration established after the Treaty of Versailles. This circumstance unfolded into relevant events in Brazil, and allows us to understand both that ARBED came to the country to create the Companhia Siderúrgica Belgo-Mineira and the emergence of an openly antiexport discourse from some prominent politicians from Minas Gerais.

Keywords: Interwar period; Geopolitics; Iron ore; Steel-making; Entreguerras; Geopolítica; Minério de ferro; Siderurgia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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