Firestone Deal could mark return of private investors
22 February 2005
Source: IRIN
Liberia's transitional government has extended the land concession granted to Firestone, the country's biggest rubber producer, for a further 36 years. More...

Government ministries, agencies to appear on controversial Firestone concession agreement
17 February 2005
Source: The Analyst
Several government officials to explain  controversial concession agreement signed between the National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) and Firestone. More...
 

As from 1926 Firestone was the largest investor in Liberia until the emergence of the mining sector in the 1950's.

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