Noranda Inks LOI With Cemtech For Sale Of Cement-Grade Bauxite Next Quarter
Noranda Alumina last week signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Cemtech Materials Corporation contemplating Noranda’s sale of 60 thousand...
Noranda Alumina announced last week that the firm’s latest six-month production period was the strongest it’s been in over three years. According to the firm, operations refined about 590 thousand metric tons of alumina in the latter half of last year, equating...
Noranda Alumina last week signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Cemtech Materials Corporation contemplating Noranda’s sale of 60 thousand...
Noranda Bauxite shipped an estimated 3.8 million wet metric tons from its bauxite operation at St. Ann, Jamaica last year,...
In the wake of news that the world’s largest alumina refinery is facing imminent closure, American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum...
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 […]
In response to an opposition leader’s declaration that the country’s bauxite levy is “dead Act just waiting for burial,” Jamaica’s Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw assured representatives on Tuesday that the levy is still in place and will continue to fund the Capital Development Fund (CDF) that it has replenished for […]
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 […]
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 […]
Century Aluminum and Noranda Alumina have come to an agreement over the sale of Jamaican bauxite. The deal was announced by Noranda on Wednesday, according to Jamaican media. The contract has Noranda supplying Century with essentially all the high-grade bauxite the latter shall require for its smelters in Hawesville and Sebree, Kentucky. No dates were […]
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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Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...