Lysine Cartel

By fecattaneo

  • Initial investment

    ADM commits $150 million to build world's largest factory in Decatur, Illinois and hires Mark Whitacre as director of the lysine section

  • ADM enters the market

  • Period: to

    Lysine price drops $1.20 to $0.64

  • Formation of an "amino acids trade association"

  • First meeting of the "amino acids trade association"

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