The Ministry of Energy and Mining is working to complete the National Minerals Policy 2010 to 2030 within the first quarter of the new fiscal year for tabling in Parliament...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, says Jamaica is not expected to be negatively impacted by the reported stockpiling of bauxite, alumina and other...

Resuscitation of the local bauxite industry is on track, with the restart of operations at Windalco’s Kirkvine plant in Manchester, set for July 1 this year. Minister of Energy and...

The Lydford Mining Company in St. Ann will set a record for the country on Sunday February 13, when it ships 43,000 tonnes of local limestone to the United States....

Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. James Robertson, met with stakeholders in the bauxite/alumina industry earlier this week as the government looks at measures to reposition the sector to make it...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, says that there is a need to wean the national budget off from its dependence on drawdowns from on the Capital Development Fund (CDF)...

Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon James Robertson, has congratulated the Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners (NJBP) on their achievements over the past year, and their commitment to the mining sector....

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, has disclosed that mining and quarrying was the best performing sector during the April to June quarter, recording...

The long whispered rebirth of Jamaica's bauxite/alumina sector became evident on July 22, as the Ewarton Alumina Refinery in St. Catherine was officially reopened. The plant is expected to start...

Beginning in the new academic year, three students from the island's bauxite parishes who wish to study in the field of science, technology or sport, at the under graduate level,...

Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. James Robertson, is expecting an expansion in the local bauxite/alumina industry in the next eight months, based on the work done by the Ministry in...