Atalco | Atlantic Alumina: Mining and Refining for Excellence
It is part of Atlantic Alumina with a dedicated mining operation in Jamaica exclusively supplying the closest bauxite to the United States. Employing a direct workforce of approximately 550 the plant has a unique double-digestion and batch tank design which makes its smelter and chemical grade alumina some of the most efficient and desirable …
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Bauxite, alumina earnings set to double
Bauxite, alumina earnings set to double. Managing Director of the Jamalco alumina refinery, Austin Mooney. Earnings from the bauxite and alumina sector are projected to double in 2023 to US$677 million, the highest since the onset of the pandemic, according to the Jamaican government's annual market filings with the American …
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Social costs of bauxite-alumina production in Jamaica
Jamaica has not compiled data to estimate the industry's social costs. But data from different sources show that three air pollutants from the industry – small particulates, sulphur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides – generate social costs of about US$2.9 billion-US$13 billion each year. These costs occur through premature death, hospital ...
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Fastmarkets Bauxite & Alumina 2024
Fastmarkets Bauxite & Alumina 2024. You will gain exclusive insights on supply challenges, pricing forecasts and sustainability progress in the industry across 2 days at this event. Network with producers, refiners, traders and officials from all over the globe. Hear how the industry is recovering from the energy crisis to re-establish refining ...
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Jamaica Bauxite Institute
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Public health impacts of bauxite-alumina industry …
1. 2. The public health impacts of the bauxite-alumina industry in Jamaica are the focus of this article. These impacts have been explored using community complaints from across the island reported in …
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Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited
Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited (JBM) is a Government-owned company (a Public Body) with a business enterprise mandate. In addition to being the custodian of over 4,000 acres of Government properties in St. Ann, JBM monitors the operations of Discovery Bauxite Partners - a bauxite mining operation based in Discovery Bay, St. Ann. JBM holds 51% …
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Anthony Greenaway | Environmental impact of bauxite-alumina …
Based on currently known bauxite deposits, the Mines and Geology Division predicts that Jamaica's bauxite-alumina industry could last for another 50-100 years. While the industry contributes positively to the livelihoods of many individuals and communities, it has serious negative environmental impacts.
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Jamaica's Bauxite Industry
The mining of bauxite in Jamaica is primarily an open-pit extraction process. The topsoil is removed, and the bauxite ore is extracted using heavy machinery, such as excavators …
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The future is now – bauxite, alumina, aluminium
We need to stop limiting our horizons and conversations in Jamaica to the mining of bauxite, its conversion into alumina, and shipments of both as the be-all and end-all of the local industry. The paradigm has shifted, and the growing world aluminium industry is zeroing in more and more on its core material bauxite to sustain that growth.
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Editorial | Opening to rethink bauxite pricing
In theory, Jamaica earns money from bauxite by companies paying a tax or levy when they mine the ore for export or refine domestically into alumina. That levy was originally 7.5 per cent of the averaged realised price for aluminium on the London Metal Exchange, but with a base rate, or the lowest the companies would pay, of US$5 per ton.
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The export of bauxite/alumina
It was interesting to note from STATIN statistics that in 2019, alumina was 42 per cent of the total value of all goods exports; and in 2020 and 2021, 35 per cent. In the 1950s and 1960s, bauxite mining in Jamaica was the new industry which heralded robust growth in the country and gave hope that Jamaica was on the road to prosperity as it ...
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How bauxite mining changed St Ann
Jamaica Gleaner. How bauxite mining changed St Ann. - Keisha Hill/Senior Gleaner Writer keisha.hill@gleanerjm. JAMAICA'S BAUXITE and alumina industry was launched in the hills just north of Ocho Rios, St Ann. This development started the metamorphosis of the tiny fishing village, that the town became …
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The export of bauxite/alumina
Jamaica was the leading bauxite producer in the world and had begun refining it into alumina (aluminium oxide). This, although Jamaica was not the first …
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Noranda Jamaica rebranding to Discovery Bauxite, US …
The Government of Jamaica is the majority shareholder of Noranda Jamaica, owning 51 per cent of the mining company, which operates from Discovery Bay in the garden parish. ... that the ATALCO designation does not, at this point, involve the partnership entity, Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners II, through which the Jamaican …
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The export of bauxite/alumina | Commentary
In the 1950s and 1960s, bauxite mining in Jamaica was the new industry which heralded robust growth in the country and gave hope that Jamaica was on the road to prosperity as it sought self …
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The export of bauxite/alumina | Commentary
Jamaica was the leading bauxite producer in the world and had begun refining it into alumina (aluminium oxide). This, although Jamaica was not the first British West Indian territory to commence …
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Bauxite 101 | The Aluminum Association
Bauxite is primarily comprised of aluminum oxide compounds (alumina), silica, iron oxides and titanium dioxide. Approximately 70 percent of the world's bauxite production is refined through the Bayer chemical process into alumina. Alumina is then refined into pure aluminum metal through the Hall–Héroult electrolytic process. Mining bauxite
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Bauxite in Jamaica
Bauxite is the ore from which aluminium is made. Jamaica contains some of the largest known deposits of bauxite in the world. The mining areas are located in the western and central parts of the island. After mining, most of the bauxite is carried to alumina plants where it is refined into alumina. The alumina (or in some cases unrefined ...
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Bauxite-alumina back on the rise | Business | Jamaica Gleaner
The Jamaican Government expects the value of mining exports from bauxite and alumina to improve to US$507 million ($77 billion), seven per cent higher …
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Editorial | Reshape bauxite-alumina industry
Perhaps these issues are being left to Audley Shaw, the new mining mister, although he shares the portfolio for bauxite-alumina with Dr Clarke, who last year, in the midst of board controversies, was assigned responsibility for Clarendon Alumina Production (CAP), which controls the Government's 45 per cent stake in the Jamalco …
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Noranda plant renamed Discovery Bauxite Operations Ltd
With close to 400 full-time employees, Noranda generated income of just under US$30 million through export of bauxite to Gramercy, Louisiana, USA, for processing into alumina in 2021. In 2018, the Jamaican Government entered into a profit-sharing agreement with New Day, wherein Jamaica would earn 17.33 per cent of the …
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About – Jamalco
Jamalco is a joint venture between General Alumina Jamaica Limited and Clarendon Alumina Production Limited with a focus on bauxite mining and alumina production. Jamalco started as a bauxite mining venture by Alcoa in 1959 and exported its first shipment of bauxite in 1963. The venture began alumina production at a new refinery in …
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Russian bauxite company resumes operations in Jamaica
By CNW Reporter. The Russian-based alumina giant, UC Rusal, says it will resume full resumption of its operations at Alpart following its partial closure in 2009. UC Rusal country manager in Jamaica, Igor Dorofeev, made the announcement at last week's official opening of the UC Rusal Alpart Jamaica Bauxite Export Project, where of …
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Social impact of the bauxite-alumina industry
Horace Levy, 1. 2. The social impact of the bauxite-alumina industry on Jamaica's small rural communities has been, for the most part, very hurtful. Communities were directly impacted by being forced to relocate or face mining pits literally in their front gardens. Relocation meant loss of community as not all members were moved to the …
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Bauxite and Alumina Industry Impacting Positively on Economy
The Full Story. As the country's third highest earner of foreign exchange, with approximately US$1 billion in annual gross earnings, the bauxite and alumina industry continues to be a vital contributor to the Jamaican economy. According to Chairman of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Dr. Carlton Davis, mining of the precious resource is ...
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JAMAICA'S BAUXITE & ALUMINA INDUSTRY
The mining laws of Jamaica require the mining companies to strip and stack a minimum of six inches of soil for respreading after a deposit has been mined and reclaimed. …
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Jamaica Bauxite Institute
Jamaica Bauxite Institute. Jamaica Bauxite Institute. Jamaica Bauxite Institute. Scheduled Maintenance. We Will Soon Be Back. GET SOCIAL WITH US. Made by Facemarketing Jamaica. Jamaica Bauxite Institute. Jamaica Bauxite Institute. Jamaica Bauxite Institute. Scheduled Maintenance. ...
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The future is now – bauxite, alumina, aluminium
We need to stop limiting our horizons and conversations in Jamaica to the mining of bauxite, its conversion into alumina, and shipments of both as the be-all and end-all of the local industry. The paradigm has shifted, and the growing world aluminium industry is zeroing in more and more on its core material bauxite to sustain that growth.
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Jamalco
Jamalco is a joint venture between General Alumina Jamaica Limited and Clarendon Alumina Production Limited (CAP) with a focus on bauxite mining and alumina production. The entity started as a bauxite mining venture by Alcoa in 1959 and exported its first shipment of bauxite in 1963. The venture began alumina production at a new …
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