Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Ministry will continue to place “tremendous emphasis” on the mining sector to facilitate growth and to identify new markets for export. He gave the commitment as the country saw a 164.2 per cent expansion in the mining and quarrying sector for the April to June quarter compared to the...

State Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Franklin Witter, is urging stakeholders in the mining sector to begin now to plan for a future beyond bauxite. “We know that bauxite is a diminishing asset, with mining in Jamaica having just another 30 to 40 years to go. We must now look at life after bauxite and we must now...

The National Minerals Policy 2017-2030 will assist in guiding the establishment of the National Minerals Institute, with the primary objective of building out the country’s industrial minerals sector. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, told JIS News that this is part of the Government’s broader mandate to capitalise on the diversification and to allow for increased production...

Greater emphasis will be placed on Jamaica’s industrial minerals, says Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green. Addressing the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS)/ European Union (EU)/United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) development minerals programme final conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (October 18), the Minister said “a number of things...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, has been elected Chairman of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC). He was elected during the staging of the 19th WECAFC session, held in Bridgetown, Barbados, from September 6 to 8. The Minister said Jamaica is honoured to be the Chair of WECAFC. “WECAFC continues to be essential in our...

The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) will be working with Member of Parliament for Manchester Central, Rhoda Moy Crawford, to develop an orchard project on mined-out lands in Broadleaf, says Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green. “I have said it to the JBI, that in all of our bauxite mining areas, we must have an agricultural-based project. The...

Eighty secondary and tertiary students in Clarendon and Manchester will receive scholarships valued just over $14 million for the 2023/24 academic year under bauxite and mining company Jamalco’s Education Assistance Programme. Commitment letters were presented to the students during a ceremony at the Wembley Centre of Excellence in Clarendon on Wednesday (August 16). Later this month, another 300 students attending...