JISCO To Suspend Production At Jamaica Alpart Alumina Refinery As Upgrades Continue
Citing safety and cost as reasons for the decision, Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO) has decided to suspend alumina...
Jamaica’s Noranda Bauxite and University & Allied Workers Union (UAWU) announced a new labor agreement earlier this week that will keep the union’s workers working through the spring of 2023. According to Noranda, this agreement marks the end of negotiations for the...
Citing safety and cost as reasons for the decision, Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO) has decided to suspend alumina...
Jamaica’s Transport and Mining Minister Robert Montague said last week that his ministry has directed bauxite miners to tackle the...
Jamaica’s Opposition Spokesman on Mining Phillip Paulwell expressed concern late last week that weakening aluminium prices may be the early...
Jamaica’s Mining Minister Robert Montague lauded Noranda Bauxite for its responsible land reclamation efforts last week, noting the success the firm has had in refurbishing former mining sites for use as agricultural and water storage lands. Commenting at Noranda Bauxite’s Agriculture Education Industry Exposition in St. Ann on Thursday, Montague reiterated his government’s commitment to […]
The lack of a labor contract prompted a four-hour work stoppage at the New Day Aluminum (Jamaica) Limited’s bauxite plant in St. Ann on Monday, as almost 200 hourly workers stepped away from their duties part of the day in protest. Local media reports that the workers are protesting to draw attention to the lengthy […]
Jamaica’s government is currently in search of land upon which Noranda Jamaica may conduct mining operations to replace protected land that is no longer available for such purposes. The search was necessitated by the recent expansion of Cockpit Country, which is a natural preserve in Trelawny Parish in the country’s middle western reaches. Noranda holds […]
Jamaica’s Transport and Mining Minister Mike Henry said earlier this week that bauxite and alumina companies operating on the island have issued almost all of the 355 land titles to individuals displaced by bauxite mining activities that were scheduled to be issued in 2017. According to Henry, Windalco, Jamalco, Alpart, and Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners […]
A US$3-billion expansion of the Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart) facility at Nain, St. Elizabeth, by Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO) Limited is in the offing according to Jamaican transport and mining minister Mike Henry. According to a press release on the subject issued earlier this week, the investment would be made over a […]
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