
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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..."The reason why we are pushing the smelter is because the plans for the smelter are already there. It has started, things are in train, $6 billion has already been spent on it, why shelve it now to go and look for something," said Ezra Vaughn, spokesperson for the group called Southwest...

... 166848 - 2010-09-24 - Reuters reported that one of Jamaica's leading bauxite company's plans to invest USD 150 million over the next 5 years ...

...Reuters reported that one of Jamaica's leading bauxite company’s plans to invest USD 150 million over the next 5 years to increase production...

...LONG REGARDED as a major pillar of the Jamaican economy, the bauxite and alumina sector fell from being the country's third-highest earner of foreign exchange to among the relatively minor placings, as the global economic recession took hold and demand for the metal used extensively in the...

...Jamaica Gleaner) More than 600 people are to get direct employment while hundreds more will benefit indirectly as the Windalco bauxite plant resumes full operation in Ewarton, St Catherine...

...Jamaica’s government plans to sell its stake in bauxite producer and alumina refiner Clarendon Alumina Production Ltd (CAP) to a Chinese company, said Prime Minister Bruce Golding...

... Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp has laid off 160 workers from its Jamaican bauxite operation in a move intended to save the company between 4 ...

... Jamaican bauxite/ alumina sector hard hit by recession ... He blamed this on " fixed- price forward sale contracts entered into between 2002 ...

... PM says China's Zhuhai Hongfan will expand refinery * Partner Alcoa has right of first refusal in deal * Jamaican bauxite /alumina sector ...

14 Apr 2010 ... UC RUSAL plans to restart Ewarton alumina refinery in Jamaica ... NALCO to invest big in Indonesian aluminium project ...

9 Apr 2010 ... aluminum refinery in Louisiana and St Ann bauxite mine in Jamaica, both of which are owned through a JV with Century Aluminum Inc. ...

31 Mar 2010 ... Aluminum is made from alumina , which is produced from bauxite ore. ... The island's one-time largest alumina producer, Alumina Partners of ...

31 Mar 2010 ... It halted bauxite mining and suspended operations at its Kirkvine and Ewarton refineries a year ago due to a worldwide downturn in demand ...

Mar 02, 2010...United Co. Rusal is planning to restart its West Indies Alumina Co. (Windalco) operations in Jamaica this summer, a source close to the company told AMM.

Nov 6, 2009 ... Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp said Friday its Jamaican bauxite operation will be producing at full capacity at the end of the year, ...

Nov 4, 2009 ... Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp has changed the name of its Jamaican bauxite operation to Noranda Bauxite Ltd from St Ann Bauxite Ltd.

Oct 11, 2009 ... September 15 - Alcoa's AWAC has opened the Juruti bauxite mine in ... September 3 - Jamaica's St Ann Bauxite Partners Limited plans to ...

Oct 8, 2009 ... Jamaica Gleaner reported that St Ann Jamaica Bauxite Partners is to undergo a name change following Noranda Aluminum's acquisition of shares ...