American Congo Company
The American Congo Company was a US-owned concessionary company that was active in the Congo Free State and its successor, the Belgian Congo. At first it was focused on rubber extraction, but that soon shifted to diamond mining.
| Industry | Resource extraction |
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| Founded | October 22, 1906 in Albany, New York, United States |
| Founders | Thomas Fortune Ryan and Daniel Guggenheim |
Area served | Belgian Congo |
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