American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum Company said this week that it has begun the process of buying a 55-percent share of Jamaican bauxite mining and alumina refining operation Jamalco from Noble Group Holdings Limited. Jamalco, which has a nameplate alumina production capacity...
The Jamaican government reiterated its commitment to sustainable and economically competitive bauxite production this week. Speaking at the opening of...
Construction plans at JAMALCO is proceeding as scheduled according to Jamaica’s Minister of Finance Nigel Clarke. The Finance Minister confirmed...
Jamaica’s finance minister Nigel Clarke said last week that the country’s levy on extracted bauxite brought in US$2 billion in...
Jamaican bauxite producer Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners recently completed a reservoir in St. Ann dedicated to combating the ever-present bauxite dust problem by wetting the roads over which transport trucks travel. Jamaica’s Transport and Mining Minister Robert Montague inaugurated the new reservoir, which holds about 17 million gallons of water, on December 21. The cost […]
Earlier this week the Jamaican government authorized mining of over 1,300 hectares of land in St. Ann for Noranda Bauxite despite public protest by indigenous landowners. Per domestic media, Peter Knight, Chief Executive Officer of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) made the announcement on behalf of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) on […]
Jamaican bauxite mining and alumina refining firm JAMALCO could soon be launching an initial public offering (IPO) with the listing of the Jamaican government’s 45-percent share of the company on the open market. Minister of Finance and the Public Service Nigel Clarke told the Jamaican House of Representatives on Tuesday that an IPO is part […]
The Jamaican government said last week it will take steps to hasten the retitling of land previously used for bauxite mining activities to those who were relocated from the land. On Wednesday, Jamaica’s Minister of Transport and Mining Robert Montague said that it would utilize the Bauxite and Alumina Industries (Special Provisions) Act to speed […]
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness said last week that money played no part in his government’s issuance of a license to mine bauxite ore at Puerto Bueno Mountain in St. Ann. Critics say mining at the site may well threaten the area that activists say is biologically sensitive. The license, which was granted to Bengal […]
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
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Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
