JAMAICA OBSERVER
Kirkvine reopening date in doubt
Edited by : AL CIRCLE
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UC Rusal's country manager for Jamaica, Igor Dorofeev, remained doubtful yesterday about the Government's projection for a reopening of the Windalco Kirkvine alumina plant next month.
Pressed by journalists to give his company's timeline on reopening of the Manchester plant, Dorofeev said: "I cannot say... (but) it takes about a month to shut down a plant and it takes at least two months to restart it".
Jamaica's Minister of Energy and Mining Clive Mullings reportedly told journalists last Friday that "we expect and hope that the plant will be reopened in the month of October."
Mullings reportedly cautioned that volatility in the bauxite sector and the wider global economy could affect the timetable for the plant's reopening.
Dorofeev appeared to suggest that UC Rusal, the Russia-based aluminium giant which is the biggest player in Jamaica's bauxite/alumina sector, would not be in a position to give a restart date for Kirkvine until the conclusion of ongoing negotiations with the government.
Pressed by journalists to give his company's timeline on reopening of the Manchester plant, Dorofeev said: "I cannot say... (but) it takes about a month to shut down a plant and it takes at least two months to restart it".
Jamaica's Minister of Energy and Mining Clive Mullings reportedly told journalists last Friday that "we expect and hope that the plant will be reopened in the month of October."
Mullings reportedly cautioned that volatility in the bauxite sector and the wider global economy could affect the timetable for the plant's reopening.
Dorofeev appeared to suggest that UC Rusal, the Russia-based aluminium giant which is the biggest player in Jamaica's bauxite/alumina sector, would not be in a position to give a restart date for Kirkvine until the conclusion of ongoing negotiations with the government.
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