The series of island wide consultations on the draft National Minerals Policy, organised by the Ministry of Mining and Telecommunications, were successful in increasing public awareness of some of the...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has informed that the Government is currently in negotiations with Swiss metals and minerals trading company, Glencore, regarding the financial obligations that were entered into with...

Since the Government came into power the Ministry of Mining and Telecommunications has, among other things, been focussing on the formation of new legislations and repositioning the local mining industry....

Some 600 persons from bauxite mining communities islandwide are to be trained under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed yesterday (August 26) between the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) and the...

State Minister in the Ministry of Mining and Telecommunications, Laurence Broderick, has informed that at least two companies are seeking to expand their operations in light of increased usage of...

State Minister in the Ministry of Mining and Telecommunications, Laurence Broderick is proposing a diversification in the types of energy fuel used to power the operations of the local bauxite...

The bauxite and alumina sector yielded some US$1.3 billion in gross export earnings during 2007, State Minister in the Ministry of Mining and Telecommunications, Laurence Broderick informed the House of...

State Minister in the Ministry of Mining and Telecommunications, Laurence Broderick has said that the Government is fully committed to working with new and existing investors in the bauxite and...

Students and teachers at the Discovery Bay Basic School in St. Ann should be feeling safer now, as a chain link fence has been erected at the school by the...

Minister of Energy with oversight for Mining and Telecommunications, Clive Mullings, has said that the rise in global demand for metals and some industrial minerals has resulted in renewed interest...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Public Service, Senator Don Wehby, has said that the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is currently examining how best to meet the...