Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry, says international shipping is a major plank of the Government’s strategic economic programme, Capitalising on potential mega investments associated with the global logistics hub initiative and bolstered by the expanded Panama Canal. He was speaking on day one of the 30th Session of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) General Assembly at the...

Bauxite and alumina companies are to issue approximately 355 land titles by the end of the 2017 calendar year to persons who were relocated after their properties were acquired for mining purposes. With the year coming to a close, Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, says the target has almost been achieved. “We are almost there,” the Minister told...

The Government, through the new National Minerals Policy (NMP) is positioning the country to tap into potential opportunities from the billion-dollar global minerals industry. “The sector has a current value of just over US$1 billion, and under the new Minerals Policy every effort will be made to integrate it into the wider society, so that the ripple effect will trickle...

Alpart is scheduled to ship its first 35,000 tonnes of alumina on December 5, meeting a year-end deadline to export the product. Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry, made the disclosure at a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (November 14), where he announced activities to mark National Minerals Week 2017. “You can do the math, but that’s an...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry, says Cabinet is to receive a submission shortly on the National Minerals Policy (NMP) for the management and development of Jamaica’s mineral resources. He noted that the draft document focuses on the sector’s diversification and continued growth. “It is proactive, flexible and visionary. It brings together the elements that have guided the...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry, says Jamaica’s bauxite and alumina industry is on a growth path, driven by the reopening of the Alpart plant in Nain, St. Elizabeth, by Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO) Limited. The company has proposed to invest some US$3 billion over a three-year period in the upgrading of the 1.65-million-tonnes-per-annum plant, which...

Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, says the new Road Traffic Act is currently going through changes and adjustments and should be passed in the House of Representatives by the end of the year. “Right now, we’re completing the dotting of the ‘i’s and crossing of the ‘t’s. It contains minor things that we have to adjust, but I...

Road crash victims represent the highest number of trauma cases seen at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) for the first six months of the year. Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said 1,000 victims of motor-vehicle crashes were treated at the downtown Kingston-based hospital from January to June. There were over 300 victims of stabbing and more than 200...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry, says the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Board and trade unions will be settling the issue of overstaffing at the company. According to the Minister, he has given a directive to the Board of the bus company to work along with the unions representing the workers to immediately have meaningful engagements, and...