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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Alcoa said Thursday that it would cut production capacity worldwide but there is yet no indication that Jamaica is to be affected. The American company plans to "close down or curtail" 531,000 metric tonnes of smelting capacity, which includes shutting down one plant in Tennessee and idling two of...
MORE than four months after being blamed for the fish kill at the Rio Cobre in July, the West Indies Alumina Company (Windalco) has refused to reveal the status of their internal investigations into the incident. "We are aware of the concerns surrounding the Rio Cobre Watershed and its aquatic...
NORANDA Jamaica Bauxite Partners (NJBP) says it is on track this year to achieve the highest production ever in the history of bauxite operations in St Ann. "2011 will be our best production year, as we are on target to ship over five million metric dry tones of bauxite, representing an 18 per cent...
Mining and quarrying saw the most growth of all sectors in the economy during the July to September quarter of 2011, with an increase of 7.5 per cent. This growth contributed to the economy growing by 0.5 per cent for the quarter under review. It is also projected that the economy will grow by...
Government plans to sell its seven per cent stake in West Indies Alumina Company (Windalco), which includes operations at Ewarton and Kirkvine, according to Philip Baker, a top economist at the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI). Valuators are currently tabulating the net worth of the assets. The...
In Jamaica,The National Workers Union (NWU) has written to Mining Minister Clive Mullings requesting an update on future plans for the bauxite/alumina sector. The union, which represented workers who were displaced following the closure of mining plants at the height of the global financial crisis,...
The Cabinet, we have been told, has signed off on the sale of the Government's 45 per cent stake in the Jamalco alumina refinery, which will remove one of the sticking points in Jamaica's negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the rehabilitation of its stalled standby agreement...
Prime Minister Bruce Golding is reporting that the Jamaica Government is now closer to divesting its shares in Clarendon Alumina Production.(CAP) The divestment is a key commitment the Jamaica Government made in the Stand-by agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Aluminium Giant UC...
Jamaica’s government expects to sell its stake in the Clarendon alumina refinery, controlled by Alcoa Inc. (AA), for as much as $400 million by the end of the year, Finance Minister Audley Shaw said. The sale of the 45 percent holding is part of a program to cut costs and reduce the fiscal deficit,...
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...
JAMAICA'S bauxite & alumina industry may be making a comeback soon as the Kirkvine mining plant in Manchester could reopen next month. Minister of Energy and Mining Clive Mullings last Friday disclosed that the Cabinet was scheduled to consider a proposal yesterday that could lead to the Kirkvine...
China's vice premier and a 60-member delegation arrived in Jamaica's capital Monday to sign two grants to boost the island's development as the Asian economic giant steps up its investments across the Caribbean. Vice Premier Hui Liangyu said Beijing is committed to assisting Jamaica, a heavily...
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro would sell its 35% stake in a Jamaican alumina refinery partnership Alpart to Russian peer UC Rusal for NOK 250 million. Hydro said UC Rusal, the world top aluminium producer will own all the shares in Alpart when the transaction is completed in October....
Russian aluminum producer United Co. Rusal said Friday it has agreed to buy a 35% stake in Alumina Partners of Jamaica, or Alpart, from Norsk Hydro ASA thus securing 100% control of the alumina producer. Rusal said it paid $46 million for the stake. Rusal acquired a 65% stake in Alpart in 2007...
Alcoa (NYSE: AA) Jamalco Operations, using a sustainable transport system, has reached a milestone: hauling 10 million tons of bauxite from its Mount Oliphant mine to the rail station, where it is loaded for shipping to the company’s Clarendon alumina refinery. The record was achieved in less than...
The Jamaican Government says - in disclosures made by Finance Minister Audley Shaw to lawmakers Thursday - that the sale of its holdings in the Jamalco refinery is imminent, and that negotiations are ongoing with two parties. Jamaica's 45 per cent stake in Jamalco, held by Clarendon Alumina...
Public Administration and Appropriations Committee members have recommended that the finance ministry immediately move to prevent a collapse of Jamaica’s standby agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The recommendation is contained in a report prepared for consideration by the PAAC...
The case against the West Indies Alumina Company (WINDALCO) for breaches of the National Conservation Authority Act was this morning put off in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate’s Court. The matter will be called up again October 25.
