25 MAY 2015jamaica-gleaner.com
Jamaican Labour Party candidate urges changes in bauxite mining
Edited by : AL CIRCLE
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Zavia Mayne, the Jamaica Labour Party's caretaker/candidate for South West St Ann, is pressing the Government to revisit bauxite mining operations in St Ann and other sections of Jamaica in light of the issues associated with the current practice of extracting the ore.
"We support bauxite mining and the benefits that the country has derived from it. However, mining operations carry very serious social, economic and health issues that have gone unnoticed for in excess of 50 years.
"The current discussions on the defining of the boundaries of the Cockpit Country and the discussions on whether bauxite mining ought to be allowed to take place in that region should be accompanied by a review of the effects of bauxite mining on rural communities," Mayne said.
Mayne believes the Government should temper what seems to be the unfettered right of bauxite companies to enter communities and disrupt the existing structure.
"We support bauxite mining and the benefits that the country has derived from it. However, mining operations carry very serious social, economic and health issues that have gone unnoticed for in excess of 50 years.
"The current discussions on the defining of the boundaries of the Cockpit Country and the discussions on whether bauxite mining ought to be allowed to take place in that region should be accompanied by a review of the effects of bauxite mining on rural communities," Mayne said.
Mayne believes the Government should temper what seems to be the unfettered right of bauxite companies to enter communities and disrupt the existing structure.
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