Guyanese Government Reassessing Once-Thriving Bauxite Industry
The government of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana is expecting the imminent delivery of a report detailing the state of...
Latin America
Alpart Plans New Alumina Refinery for Jamaica
Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart) is preparing to build another alumina refinery on the island according to Jamaican Finance Minister Audley Shaw. In remarks made at a town hall in St. Ann, Shaw revealed that the firm is planning to construct its...
Domestic Bauxite and Alumina Industry to Add Over 1,000 New Jobs in 2017: Jamaican Minister Henry
Growth in the bauxite and alumina trades will have added over one thousand new jobs to the Jamaican economy by...
EGA Among Four New Members of The Aluminum Association
The Aluminum Association announced the addition of four new members last Friday. It now counts Almexa Alumino, Emirates Global Aluminium,...
Events
Trinidad & Tobago Planning Downstream Aluminium Plant
Trinidad and Tobago’s Finance Minister Colm Imbert told his country’s Senate that, while it is no longer pursuing the building of a smelter on the island, the government is still actively working towards launching a plant to produce value-added aluminium products. Imbert advised the assembled senators of meetings being held between the government and Alutech […]
Bauxite Levy In Place for Upcoming Fiscal Year: Ministry of Finance
Jamaica’s Ministry of Finance laid to rest concerns regarding the government’s bauxite levy last week when it addressed Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis’s concerns regarding the levy’s status in the upcoming fiscal year. Ellis raised the question after the Fiscal Policy Paper for 2017-18 described a change in the structure from the current levy to […]
Bauxite Levy Alive and Well: Jamaica Mining Minister
Jamaica’s Transport and Mining Minister Mike Henry reaffirmed the existence of the government’s bauxite levy when speaking with a legislative committee last week. Henry explained to the Standing Finance Committee of Jamaica’s House of Representatives that the bauxite levy is still in place. He estimated that the levy of US$1.50 per metric ton plus a […]
Jamaica to Review Environmental Permit Language After Jamalco Dust-Up
Jamaica’s National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) said last week that it intends to clarify certain language in some environmental permits after a local alumina refinery was accused of pollution. Domestic bauxite miner and alumina refining firm Jamalco was accused by local residents earlier this month of releasing hydrate dust, a byproduct of alumina refining, […]
Noranda Bauxite, Noranda Alumina Names Executive Team
DADA Holdings LLC announced the executive leadership team of Noranda Bauxite and Noranda Alumina, the companies that operate bauxite mining and alumina refining plants in Jamaica. The press release published on Tuesday indicated that David D’Addario had been named Chairman and CEO of both New Day Aluminium and DADA Holdings, Thomas Robb was named Chief […]
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders and industry experts from all over the world to hear and exchange information on latest developments related to base metals and their ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
International Aluminium 2019 Conference – Key Takeaways
The FastmaketsMB aluminium conference is the sequel to the Metal Bulletin aluminium conferences, which have traditionally been one of oldest ...
