The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), during 2005/2006 fiscal year, continued work aimed at protecting bauxite lands and reserves, including a submission to Cabinet for the establishment of the Bauxite Land...

During the 2005/06 fiscal year, a number of rural communities received significant benefits under the Bauxite Community Development Programme (BCDP), which has to date, disbursed approximately $230 million for projects...

The bauxite/alumina industry has made a quantum leap in safety over the last 25 years, with recorded injuries taking a nosedive from 8,000 in 1974 to fewer than 500 since...

Bauxite and alumina operations have been blamed for rising waters in some communities in recent times, but at least one expert in this area, has sought to dispel this view....

St. Ann Jamaica Bauxite Partners has donated a sum of $100,000 to support a rodent control programme, which is now underway in the Discovery Bay area. The programme, which is...

President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Patricia Francis has said that as the mining and quarrying sector continued to grow, emphasis must also be placed on improving business and operating...

Residents of Summerfield in Clarendon are now better equipped to manage quarry activities within their community having benefited from an education session hosted by the Mines and Geology Division (MGD)...

Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sport, Portia Simpson-Miller and a delegation left the island on October 23 for a five-day study tour of the local government system in...

Upgrading of environmental practices and measures taken over the past four years by the Mining and Quarrying Association of Jamaica, along with the Ministry of land and Environment, specifically the...

The Mines and Geology Division of the Ministry of Land and Environment will officially launch its newly redesigned website on Wednesday, August 20 at 10.30 a.m. at the division's Conference...

Bauxite production continues its strong growth trend with estimates by the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) indicating that total bauxite production is on track for another record year. Provisional year-to-date figures...