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
Noranda Wraps Up Labor Negotiations With New Accord
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...
Jamaica Government Instructs Bauxite Miners And Alumina Refiners To Address Problem Of Dust
Jamaica’s Transport and Mining Minister Robert Montague said last week that his ministry has directed bauxite miners to tackle the...
Falling Aluminium Prices May Make Life Difficult For Jamaican Bauxite Operations: PM Paulwell
Jamaica’s Opposition Spokesman on Mining Phillip Paulwell expressed concern late last week that weakening aluminium prices may be the early...
Events
Bright Future Ahead For Alumina And Aluminium Sectors: Jamaican MP Paulwell
Though 2018 was a difficult year for the alumina and aluminium sector, the market for both continues to improve thanks to a steady rise in demand. Such was the message delivered by Jamaican opposition spokesman Phillip Paulwell to the country’s legislature last week. This being the case, Paulwell asked why the government has not done […]
Boiler Failure At Alpart To Halt Alumina Production For At Least Ten Days
An ongoing equipment failure at Alumina Partners of Jamaica has led to a week-long production stoppage at the plant, and concern is mounting that the financial losses to the plant in the interim may be substantial. Domestic media reports that the plant’s boiler system failed late last month, and the earliest possible restart date is […]
Workers At Jamaica’s New Day Bauxite Plant Stage Four-Hour Work Stoppage To Protest Lack Of Labor Contract
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 […]
Trump Aluminium Trade Hurdles Could Have Serious Ramifications for Jamaican Alumina, Foreign Minister Warns
Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith cautioned citizens of the island nation that its thriving alumina export sector may well have been struck a mortal blow by the Trump administration’s aluminium tariffs. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Johnson Smith said that the Trump aluminium tariffs and the resulting […]
Jamaican Government Plans Merger of Clarendon Alumina and Jamaica Bauxite Mining, With Stock Exchange Listing to Follow
Jamaica’s government announced earlier this week its intention to combine Clarendon Alumina Partners (CAP) and the Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited, followed by listing the resulting organization on the country’s stock exchange. Jamaican Minister of Transport and Mining Robert Montague told local media that the plan, for which he is currently seeking Cabinet support, would allow […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
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 ...
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
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 ...
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 ...
