The Ministry of Energy and Mining today (May 28) hosted a special Public Sector Energy Stakeholders meeting in a bid to encourage more communication and collaboration among the key players...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has said that the Government will have to reposition ownership of the country's bauxite/alumina operations, in addition to addressing problems such as energy and...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has proposed food processing as an alternative to the disabled bauxite/alumina industry as a major foreign exchange earner. "The implosion...

The Government is pursuing talks with overseas stakeholders, in a bid to determine the fate of the three bauxite plants whose operations have been scaled down. Activities at the plants...

The Government is holding discussions with a group of potential investors from the United States, which has expressed an interest in mining, and exporting minerals from the island. Minister of...

The alumina refinery company, Jamalco, is partnering with the Jamaica Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL), to upgrade the literacy and numeracy skills of residents in mining communities in Clarendon and...

Jamaica's earnings from the bauxite levy are not expected to yield anywhere near the projected $6 billion for the 2009/10 fiscal year, consequent on the global economic downturn, Finance and...

Fifteen years ago, Lydford Mining was granted an exploration permit for the mining of limestone. Since then, they have expanded and diversified to become one of Jamaica's most successful non-metallic...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Mining and Telecommunications, Laurence Broderick, has proposed that rehabilitated bauxite lands be used for establishing dormitory settlements, as well as for farming and...

On the day when bauxite fell to US$1,300 per ton, Prime Minister Bruce Golding was briefed on the status of all bauxite companies at the first meeting of the Bauxite...

State Minister in the Ministry of Mining and Telecommunications, Laurence Broderick, has proposed the rationalisation of the mining sector, to allow for legitimisation of those operations, which have not been...