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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<p>China's Gansu Province-based steelmaker Jiuquan Iron & Steel Group (JISCO) Co. has announced the commencement of a 14-MegaWatt gas turbine on April 6. The gas turbine project is aimed at restarting Alpart Alumina plant in Jamaica.</p> <p>As per Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) report, JISCO will...
<p>Jamaica’s auditor general Pamela Monroe Ellis gets confirmation from the Ministry of Finance that there is no change in the taxation regime for the bauxite sector for fiscal year 2017-2018. The confirmation came after she found a change in the Fiscal Policy Paper for 2017-18.</p> <p><img...
<p>Finance Minister of Jamaica Audley Shaw announced that the government has not yet decided to remove tax on bauxite mining. Recently, Jamaica has been facing problems for the non-performance of the bauxite levy arrangement, mostly because of the fluctuations in the global alumina market.</p>...
<p>Jamaica remains largely an under-utilized mineral-rich country. The Caribbean island country which started shipment of the aluminium ore back in 1952 took two decades to become the world's second largest producer of bauxite and the second largest exporter of alumina. In 1970's the country went...
<p>DADA Holdings LLC has announced the appointment of their team of chief officers for the Noranda Bauxite and Noranda Alumina, affiliated companies in the bauxite mining and alumina-refining industries in the United States and Jamaica.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block;...
<p>Lester ‘Mike’ Henry, Transport and Mining Minister of Jamaica said on Sunday at Lydford in St Ann, that he expects a jump in the country’s bauxite and minerals sector. The growth, according to him, was due to the policy shift towards profit sharing in downstream operations and...
<p>New Day Aluminum Limited of Jamaica has appointed Delroy Dell as the new vice President and General Manager for its bauxite operations in St. Ann. Dell, a former Operations Director with Noranda Bauxite, will manage the mining and shipping operations of New Day (Jamaica) Aluminum. He will also...
<p>Global alumina market witnessed a steady demand growth in 2016, driven by the China factor. New smelter starts and old capacity restarts in China coupled with supply difficulties buoyed prices up both in China and ex-China market. In the U.S. too, integrated producers like erstwhile Alcoa Corp.,...
<p>Noranda Alumina confirmed that the company has secured a long term agreement with the Century Aluminum to supply smelters in Hawesville and Sebree, Kentucky with smelter grade alumina.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"...
<p>According to USGS’ recently published bauxite and alumina industry survey for the Third Quarter 2016, imports of alumina during the third quarter of 2016 were 315,000 tons. This records a 3% increase from those in the second quarter but 20% drop from the third quarter of 2015. The general...
<p>According to USGS’ recently published bauxite and alumina industry survey for the Third Quarter 2016, imports of crude and dried bauxite by USA in the third quarter of 2016 were 1.14 million tons (Mt). This records a 20% drop from those in the second quarter of 2016 and 61% drop from the...
<p>Russian aluminium major UC Rusal completed the sale of Alpart refinery in Jamaica to the Chinese group Jiuquan Iron & Steel (Group) Co. Ltd. (JISCO) on November 22. Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart) was officially handed over to JISCO last Thursday November 24 and the production is set to...
<p>UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, is pleased to announce that it has completed the sale of a 100% stake in Alumina Partners of Jamaica (‘Alpart’) to the Chinese state industrial group, JIUQUAN IRON & STEEL Co. Ltd. for a USD 299 mln cash consideration.<br /><br />The...
<p>Noranda Jamaica Bauxite officially changed the ownership of its operations in a “seamless” transfer, announced Jamaica Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw. <br /><br />Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation, the holding company of Noranda Jamaica Bauxite, received...
<p>The global Bauxite resources are estimated to be 55 to 75 billion tons. Currently the total reported mine production from 27 countries stands at 245 million tons. The leading f bauxite producing countries are Australia, China, Brazil, Guinea, India, and Jamaica. These countries accounted for 87%...
<p>The Parish of Manchester is located in west-central Jamaica, in the county of Middlesex which used to be a business hub and housed the major alumina plants that drove the economy. However, during recession time in 2008, the plants closed and the parish became prone to various crimes. <br /><br...
<p>Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation today announced Court approval for the sale of the Company's alumina refinery in Gramercy, Louisiana and bauxite mining operation in St. Ann, Jamaica. Following a competitive auction, New Day Aluminum LLC, an affiliate of DADA Holdings LLC, was selected as...
<p>New Day Aluminium has edged out ARG International AG in competitive bidding for the remaining upstream assets of US-based producer Noranda Aluminum, according to a court filing Thursday. ARG International has recently bought Noranda's idled, 263,000 mt/year New Madrid primary aluminium smelter...
