US imports of bauxite declined to 644,000 tonnes in Q1 2026, down 15.8 per cent from 765,000 tonnes in Q3 2024. The decline reflects longer-term pressure on the US primary aluminium and alumina industries, including reduced refining capacity and weaker demand for imported raw materials. Trade...
Jamaica’s bauxite and alumina export earnings are expected to improve in 2026, even though the first quarter was weak. The government expects production to rise as repairs continue after Hurricane Melissa, and the aluminium industry is watching closely because bauxite is the raw material used to...
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As shown by the latest US Geological Survey latest release on Bauxite and Alumina in the First Quarter 2019, imports of alumina by the U.S. in the first quarter of 2019 more than doubled to 623,000 tonnes from 273,000 tonnes in fourth quarter of 2018. The volume was 35% more than those in the first...
Noranda Bauxite organised an Agriculture Education Industry Exposition at the Port Rhodes Sports Complex in Discovery Bay, St Ann, Jamaica on May 30 to demonstrate how agricultures and education sector can be developed and boosted by the bauxite industry. Bauxite industry in Jamaica has the...
Noranda Bauxite, located in St Ann, Jamaica has been appreciated by Mining Minister Robert Montague for optimum use of reclaimed bauxite lands for farming and the storage of water. Noranda Bauxite, now owned by Dada Holdings mines bauxite in St Ann and ships worldwide for both metallurgical and...
According to a report, Jamaica’s largest alumina refinery JISCO Alpart lost several hours of production time as residents from surrounding communities blocked the entrance early yesterday to protest against environmental pollution and related issues. The protest continued until the JISCO Alpart...
The global trade data suggest that the Netherlands will import 21% more alumina in 2019 than last year. The country’s import of alumina came in at 1193453 tonnes last year. Jamaica was the top supplier of alumina to the country in 2018, according to recent statistics. Jamaica’s export to the...
Jamaica-based bauxite/alumina producer JISCO Alpart’s meeting with community leaders, political and stakeholder representatives is scheduled today, April 29, at 11:00 am at the JISCO Alpart Sports Club in Nain. The agenda of the meeting is to discuss ongoing problems relating to water distribution...
Jamaica's Member of Parliament Phillip Paulwell opines in the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives that the bauxite and alumina sector in Jamaica remains positive as the industry’s future looks promising based on the increasing demand worldwide. He also expressed satisfaction for...
As shown by the latest US Geological Survey latest release on Bauxite and Alumina in the Fourth Quarter 2018, imports of alumina by the U.S. in the fourth quarter of 2018 dropped to 273,000 tonnes from 441,000 tonnes in third quarter of 2018. The volume was 38% less than those in the third quarter...
According to the latest US Geological Survey report, the US imported about 4.5 million tonnes of bauxite in 2018, up about 1.5% from 2017. When we look at the figures of last five years, we can observe the sharply declining trend. From 11.8 million tonnes in 2014, the volume dropped to 4.5 million...
The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) is preparing to enter phase seven of the Bauxite Community Development Programme (BCDP), as said by BCDP Project Coordinator, Clarence Osbourne. Under phase seven, another tranche of funds is expected to be paid over to the Programme for its multifaceted...
According to a recent report, the construction of JAMALCO’s US$189 million gas-fired cogeneration power plant by New Fortress Energy is expected to complete by February 2020. The news came after the bauxite/alumina company’s managing director Austin Mooney reported while speaking during a tour of...
According to a report, twenty-seven of the fifty-two young Jamaican engineers who were selected for further study and training in China last March by JISCO Alpart successfully completed the segment of the course and returned to the island on December 24. The batch of 27 was trained in the Bayer...
After 18 months since the dramatic restart of bauxite and alumina production at the JISCO (Jiquan Iron and Steel Company) Alpart faclity at Nain in St Elizabeth, operational concerns have cropped up in the refinery. Production in Alpart alumina refinery has stopped for the past seven days, and it...
The Windalco bauxite plant in Ewarton, St. Catherine, is reportedly witnessing a growing tension between its management and the production workers over outstanding retroactive salary payments. The workers, represented by the Union of Clerical, Administrative and Supervisory Employees (UCASE), even...
According to the latest USGS release on Bauxite and Alumina in the Third Quarter 2018, imports of crude and dried bauxite by the U.S. in Q3 2018 were 922,000 tonnes, slightly more than the revised total in the second quarter of 2018 and the third quarter of 2017. Imports of crude and dried bauxite...
Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd., a global provider of comprehensive maritime logistics solutions, announced that it has extended its freight partnership with Noranda Bauxite and Alumina. Pangaea expects to move over 40 million tonnes of bauxite from Jamaica to Gramercy through to the end of 2031....
Finance and Public Service Minister of Jamaica, Dr Nigel Clarke said during a parliamentary sitting that Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) has received nearly US$1 billion in budgetary support from the Capital Development Fund (CDF) over the last five years. The House approved the withdrawal of...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is indicating emerging fiscal risks for Jamaica, especially in the bauxite and energy sectors. The organization suggests careful handling of the risks as they might affect the undergoing economic programme in the country. IMF’s latest review of Jamaica's...
