bauxite companies in jamaica

Dj vu as bauxite company pollutes an iconic Jamaican

One Jamaican environmental activist lamented the fact that bauxite companies can seemingly do no wrong in Jamaica and are too often let off the hook Decades of this specific problem I will not even speak of the pollution before we get to Rio Cobre Bauxite cyaah do wrong a Jamaica an a dat a wi problem Come back when wi

60 years of bauxite mining in Jamaica Part 1

ALTHOUGH I have written about the Jamaican bauxite and aluminium industry in three books and numerous articles On June 5 1952 the first shipment was made by Reynolds Jamaica Mines from its port in Ocho Rios to the parent company s alumina plant at Hurricane Creek Arkansas The Daily Gleaner jumped the gun so to

Restoration of Bauxite Lands in Jamaica Life after

Jamaican bauxite deposits occur in numerous small discrete depressions in karst limestone in the Foster L Allen L and Reid Land rehabilitation at Alcan Jamaica Company The JBI Journal Vol 14 1999 The Jamaica Bauxite Institute 40 51 3 Monsels Bauxite deposits in Suriname geological context and resource

JISCO to mine another 700 acres for bauxite

The Jamaican government took several important steps vis a vis the bauxite industry in 1974 First it began negotiations with the companies to take over majority ownership; second it imposed a substantial levy on bauxite exports; and third it took a leading role in the formation of the International Bauxite Association an OPEC styled producers

The Bauxite and Alumina Industries Encouragement Act

Preamble An act to make provision for the grant of special concession to producers in Jamaica of bauxite and alumina Long Title Short Title The Bauxite and Alumina Industries Encouragement Act Operational Date June 12 1950 Number of 1950 Last Amendment January 1 1997 Download Click here to download

Environment Jamaica Bauxite Institute

Review of environmental monitoring data and technical reports submitted by the bauxite/alumina companies and making recommendations for improvement indicates the standards being observed for air quality in Jamaica As of 2008 all companies in the local industry have applied for and received Air Discharge Licences for their

Bauxite and Alumina Trading Company BATCO Jamaica

Bauxite and Alumina Trading Company of Jamaica Limited BATCO is a limited liability company whose shares are Government owned and held by the Accountant General of Jamaica The company acts as a marketing agent for Clarendon Alumina Production Limited CAP and Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited JBM

Home Jamaica Bauxite Institute

6 The mission of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute is to maintain an unwavering commitment to effective regulatory enforcement good scholarly and market based research as well as the facilitation of investment in plant expansion and renewal without degrading the environment

Tell the whole story of bauxite Jamaica Observer

The recent announcement by the National Environment Protection Agency NEPA restricting Noranda Bauxite to 16 per cent of its application for a mining lease in an area described as Special

Lands Jamaica Bauxite Institute

Bauxite in Jamaica occurs primarily in the parishes of St Elizabeth Manchester Clarendon St Ann and St Catherine Approximately thirteen million tonnes are mined each year The companies have schedules for restoration in keeping with the new regulation and are required to reclaim any backlog they may have by 2011

THE JAMAICAN BAUXITE INDUSTRY GLIMPSES INTO ITS

THE JAMAICAN BAUXITE INDUSTRY GLIMPSES INTO ITS PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE Carlton E Davis of three companies Alcan Reynolds and Kaiser each of which needed its own independent source of bauxite the Jamaican industry was rapidly developed to the point that the island became the number one world producer

Jamaica s Cockpit Country Faces Growing Pulitzer Center

Image by Kash Burrell Jamaica 2022 But in 2021 Jamaica s minister of Transport and Mining Robert Montague announced that the government had revised the Special Mining Lease 71 governing the lands in Cockpit Country open to mineral extraction—specifically the lands available for the mining company Noranda Jamaica

Dentons Global Mining Guide Jamaica

The government generates revenues through direct ownership and profit sharing arrangements with some bauxite mining companies Through the Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited the government owns 51 percent of the Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners II in a joint venture with New Day Aluminium The government through Clarendon Alumina

Unearthed Bauxite Mining in Jamaica as Ecocide

Jamaica was the world s largest producer of bauxite and this provided a powerful symbol of a world beyond the plantation particularly for the first generation of nationalist leaders in Jamaica The penetration of the aluminum companies marked the shift from the economic ties of British colonialism in Jamaica to North American domination A

Job security concerns heighten at Russian owned bauxite company in Jamaica

Community members and business owners in Ewarton St Catherine where Russian company En Group International PJSC operates UC Rusal WINDALCO in Jamaica have expressed concern about the lingering uncertainty caused by the potential negative impact of the Russian Ukrainian war on the local plant

60 years of bauxite mining in Ja News Jamaica Gleaner

The activities of the then existing companies led to Jamaica in 1957 replacing Suriname as the world s number one bauxite producer a position it held until 1971 when it was replaced by Guinea which in turn held the position until it was replaced by Australia in 1978 UC RUSAL now 70 per cent owner of alumina capacity in Jamaica

Noranda plant renamed Discovery Bauxite Operations Ltd

New Day Aluminium Jamaica Limited the managing partner of Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners II has formally changed its name to Discovery Bauxite Operations Limited completing a formal rebranding that started last year The change will not affect the company s operations and the name Noranda Bauxite will still be used for the time being

Compensation to landowners for use of bauxite lands in Jamaica

27 Bauxite Land Use Policy and Resettlement Programmes in Jamaica [75] At the time the article was published Mr Lyew Ayee was the Director of Bauxite Reserves Division of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute and the Technical Advisor to the Jamaican Government team negotiating bauxite and alumina negotiations with the companies He

Approaches to Bauxite Residue Legacy Issues in Jamaica

The Jamaica Bauxite Institute JBI was formed in 1976 [1] a company of the government with regulator and company partnership in bauxite residue remediation Proceedings of 29th International ICSOBA Conference Goa India 2011 Paper 40 Travaux 36 137 145 2 Vincent Hill 1977

Jamaica Bauxite Mining positions for steep climb in

Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited JBM expects to max out capacity at the Reynolds Pier if as expected limestone shipments volumes rise to million metric tonnes or six times their current levels Once that happens the company plans to

Kaiser Bauxite Company v Jamaica Decision on Jurisdiction

By letter of 17 June 1974 Kaiser Bauxite Company hereafter called "Kaiser" addressed a request for arbitration against the Government of Jamaica to the Secretary General of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes hereafter called "Centre" pursuant to Article 36 1 of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment

The Jamaican Bauxite Industry Glimpses Into Its Past

The commercial possibilities of Jamaican bauxite were recognized in 1943 at a time when there was great need for aluminum for the Allied war effort and when availability was being made difficult by the harassment by German U boats of Allied bauxite ships plying from the sources of the ore in South America to the North American mainland

Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited About Us

Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited JBM is a Government owned company a Public Body with a business enterprise mandate In addition to being the custodian of over 4 000 acres of Government properties in St Ann JBM monitors the operations of Discovery Bauxite Partners formerly Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners II a bauxite mining operation