Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Michael Henry, says urgent focus is to be placed on the issue of land ownership and the use of reclaimed lands for agriculture within mining communities. He made the commitment while meeting with the executive management Team of Alcoa Minerals of Jamaica (JAMALCO) on June 17. He said the development of communities on lands which...

The Ministry of Transport and Mining will spearhead work on several of the Government’s priority projects during the 2016/17 parliamentary year. Notable among these are: the privatisation of the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston; passage of the new Road Traffic and Road Safety Acts; establishment of a National Minerals Institute; and finalising development of the proposed National Minerals Policy....

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) is reminding entrepreneurs in the mining industry that they can access funding through the bank’s credit facility for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Account Executive at DBJ, Mark McKenzie, informed that through its network of approved financial institutions (AFIs), the DBJ guarantees loans of up to 80 per cent for entities, up to a...

Director of Minerals Economics in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Denis Miller, says the minerals sector is very important to the economy in terms of providing valuable foreign exchange, and as well as creating critical linkages for employment and economic growth. He was speaking at the Mining Sector Stakeholders Meeting held today (February 17), at the JAMPRO head...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, foresees an inevitable cessation in the export of bauxite, noting that there are more long- term benefits in having it processed here in Jamaica. Addressing stakeholders, delegates and leaders of trade unions representing workers at the St. Ann-based Noranda Bauxite Limited (NBL), at the Cardiff Hotel and Spa, on January...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, has called for a tripartite meeting involving the Government, unions, and the management of St. Ann-based Noranda Bauxite Limited (NBL). Addressing delegates and leaders of the three unions representing workers, at the Cardiff Hotel and Spa in Runaway Bay, St. Ann today (January 30), Minister Paulwell said the purpose of...

The Government of Jamaica welcomes the decision of the Arbitration Tribunal with respect to the dispute between Noranda Bauxite Company Limited and the Government of Jamaica. The matter relates to a challenge by Noranda to the government’s decision not to extend a concession granted in 2009 under the Bauxite Levy Act and the company’s justification not to pay the full...