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For almost four decades, Jamaica's bauxite companies -Windalco, Alpart, Jamalco and St. Ann Jamaica Bauxite Partners have made significant investments in the education of students residing in communities where mining operations are being conducted. The companies not only contribute to the building of school plants, but also offer mentorship and fund scholarship programmes. "We see the youth in the communities...

For almost four decades, Jamaica's bauxite companies -Windalco, Alpart, Jamalco and St. Ann Jamaica Bauxite Partners have made significant investments in the education of students residing in communities where mining operations are being conducted. The companies not only contribute to the building of school plants, but also offer mentorship and fund scholarship programmes. "We see the youth in the communities...

Many local athletes who have attained international recognition, have been assisted in the formative years by bauxite companies operating in the country, through their Sports Development Programmes. Windalco, Alpart, Jamalco and St. Ann Jamaica Bauxite Partners have, over the years, made significant contributions to local sports development among the nation's young people. "An altruistic investment", is how Deon Hemmings-McKatty, Jamaica's...

Many local athletes who have attained international recognition, have been assisted in the formative years by bauxite companies operating in the country, through their Sports Development Programmes. Windalco, Alpart, Jamalco and St. Ann Jamaica Bauxite Partners have, over the years, made significant contributions to local sports development among the nation's young people. "An altruistic investment", is how Deon Hemmings-McKatty, Jamaica's...

Economists worldwide were so impressed with China's wealth and influence in the 1990s that they copied that country's strategies to improve their own economies. This became known as the 'China effect'. According to Director of Analytical Services at the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Wilmon Wallen-Bryan, the rising demand for the Institute's expertise is seeing the famous 'China Effect'. "We have...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute, Parris Lyew-Ayee, has said that Jamaica's all encompassing approach in pre and post mining bauxite operations was a model for many developing countries with a similarly thriving bauxite sector. The JBI Executive Director, who was addressing a workshop on 'Experiences in using reclaimed bauxite lands for agriculture' at the Terra Nova Hotel yesterday...

Acting Commissioner of Mines, Clinton Thompson, has said the fines for non-compliance with mining regulations have been upped to encourage compliance among mining companies. According to Mr. Thompson, this comes in response to complaints from communities that, "there are unsightly pits that remain year after year and not addressed". Speaking to JIS News today (November 15), at a Jamaica Bauxite...

The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), during 2005/2006 fiscal year, continued work aimed at protecting bauxite lands and reserves, including a submission to Cabinet for the establishment of the Bauxite Land Management Committee, to provide for the effective management of bauxite-bearing lands. As contained in the Institute's annual report for this period, the submission proposed that the legal authority of the...

During the 2005/06 fiscal year, a number of rural communities received significant benefits under the Bauxite Community Development Programme (BCDP), which has to date, disbursed approximately $230 million for projects in mining communities. As contained in the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) report for the period, the projects implemented included the Essex Valley Agricultural Project, the Ewarton and Comfort/Webbers Sweet Potato...

The bauxite/alumina industry has made a quantum leap in safety over the last 25 years, with recorded injuries taking a nosedive from 8,000 in 1974 to fewer than 500 since 1982. "This current level of success can be attributed to the commitment of the companies' management, Government, the workers and generally all the stakeholders in the industry," says Executive Director...

Bauxite and alumina operations have been blamed for rising waters in some communities in recent times, but at least one expert in this area, has sought to dispel this view. Basil Fernandez, Managing Director of the Water Resources Authority (WRA), tells JIS News, that the first recorded case of rising water occurred 142 years before bauxite operations even started in...

St. Ann Jamaica Bauxite Partners has donated a sum of $100,000 to support a rodent control programme, which is now underway in the Discovery Bay area. The programme, which is being carried out by the St. Ann Health Department, is aimed at stemming the level of rat infestation as well as reducing the risk of disease transmission, particularly leptospirosis. "When...