Noranda Opens New Reservoir To Aid Fight Against Bauxite Dust In Jamaica
Jamaican bauxite producer Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners recently completed a reservoir in St. Ann dedicated to combating the ever-present bauxite...
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Jamaican Government Collects US$2 Billion In Bauxite Levy Payments In Late 2021
Jamaica’s finance minister Nigel Clarke said last week that the country’s levy on extracted bauxite brought in US$2 billion in revenue last year. Responding to questions posed by Opposition mining spokesman Phillip Paulwell in the House of Representatives, Clarke said that many...
Noranda And Jamaican Government Come To Agreement On Back Bauxite Levy Payments
Noranda and the Jamaican government reached an agreement this week on bauxite levy payments on exported ore. Transport and Mining...
Jamaican Government Promises Increase In Return Of Bauxite Lands To Former Owners
The Jamaican government said last week it will take steps to hasten the retitling of land previously used for bauxite...
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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 issue of dust that neighboring communities say has become a nuisance. Montague raised the issue in the course of talks his office has been conducting with bauxite and alumina firms on a wide range of […]
Noranda Bauxite Praised For Land Reclamation Efforts In Jamaica
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 […]
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 ...
