·Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited JBM expects to max out capacity at the Reynolds Pier if as expected limestone shipments volumes rise to million metric tonnes or six times their current levels Its initiatives also include plans to set up a water bottling plant It would distribute the water to ships that drop anchor in Jamaica as
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JAMAICA S BAUXITE AND ALUMINA INDUSTRIES B S YOUNG University of Natal Durban South Africa ABSTRACT In 1952 the first shipload of bauxite left Jamaica for foreign markets and capacity of Alcan s alumina plant at Kirk vine Manchester was also increased in 1957 in which year there was a strike at the parent company s giant plant at
·The forests of the Cockpit Country in Jamaica s interior are a world famous karst limestone habitat home to many plants and animals we have seen the National Environment and Planning Agency NEPA issue environmental permits to Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners II NJBP II to mine for bauxite within Special Mining Lease SML 173 a
·So the WINDALCO refinery apart the only industry player currently in full operation is Discovery Bauxite formerly Noranda which ships ore to a refinery in Gramercy Louisiana owned by Atlantic Alumina a 49 per cent stakeholder in and manager of the Jamaica mining operations The Jamaican Government is the majority owner
·From the published data for bauxite residue this level does not representative a problem for bauxite residues although it should be noted that the level measured for 238 U and 232 Th on bauxite residue from the closed Jamaican alumina plant at Moggetty was and Bq/g
·Bauxite alumina producer JISCO Alpart is looking to mine more ore for the company s plant which is expanding at a cost of US$ billion It will be digging through 700 acres in an area referred to as as the Outer Valley that would require the relocation of small farmers operating there according to an environmental impact assessment report on the
·The input from the bauxite and alumina sector continues to be a mainstay for the Jamaican economy with operations doing very well in 2003 accounting for just over nine per cent of the Gross Domestic Product General Manager of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute Parris Lyew Ayee tells JIS News this in a recent interview
·The Windalco bauxite/alumina plant at Ewarton St Catherine As war rages in Europe the Jamaican government is dealing with its own conflict about what to do if anything to inure the Windalco alumina company owned by Russia in the parish of St Catherine from the contagion of sanctions that are mounting on Moscow
·Discovery Bauxite s goal of planting 200 000 trees over a three year period in support of the National Tree Planting Initiative is ahead of schedule the company has indicated The project Operation Discovery Tree was launched last year
·Three 3 samples drawn from two Jamaican alumina operations during three occasions when the plants experienced settler problems with high levels of fines settler overflow causing filter blockage
4 ·The mission of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute is to maintain an unwavering commitment to effective regulatory enforcement good scholarly and market based research as well as the facilitation of investment in plant expansion and renewal without degrading the environment Constructed in 2004 with a grant of J$ million from the G
·Bauxite was discovered in Jamaica in the 1940s while processing to alumina began in the early 1950s Based on currently known bauxite deposits the Mines and Geology Division predicts that Jamaica s bauxite alumina industry could
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·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 1982 the workers and generally all the stakeholders in the industry says Executive Director of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute JBI Parris Lyew Ayee in an interview
·Low temperature alumina plants in Jamaica traditionally process hematite rich ores with manageable concentrations of mineral impurities As these ores become scarce the new bauxite mines have lower available alumina higher goethite and higher concentrations of phosphorus chromium and manganese contaminants
·The plant is equipped with online slurry density gauges magnetic flowmeters conductivity meters for the measurement of a/c ratios temperature and pressure recording instruments The pilot plant has the capability of processing all types of bauxite from Australia Brazil Jamaica etc
·Jamaican bauxite occurs as pocket or blanket deposits of red earthy material on the karst surface of the Tertiary White Limestones mainly in the interior of the island The contact between the bauxite and the limestone is sharp with a strong colour contrast between the dark red bauxite and the white limestone
·The Jamaica Government has also created major players in the industry Jamaica Bauxite Institute and BATCO its bauxite and alumina trading arm CAP wholly owned by the Government and JBM
·Bauxite mining and alumina processing constitute Jamaica s second largest industry and is the country s leading economic sector in export earnings accounting for approximately 75% of Jamaica s
·Named Xaymaca the land of wood and water by its native Tainos not only has Jamaica been facing a major threat to its woods through deforestation but the quality of one of the island s major water resources the Rio Cobre has also been severely compromised by a recent spill of caustic effluent from the nearby bauxite The
·Noranda Bauxite Limited Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners formerly St Ann Bauxite Jamaica Limited St Ann Bauxite and prior to that Kaiser Jamaica Bauxite Company Kaiser Bauxite Plant is located in Discovery Bay St Ann Jamaica Caribbean LOCATION Find this place on Google
·The Minister of Mining has hinted that two other alumina plants in Jamaica could reopen soon following Thursday s reopening of the Ewarton plant operated by West Indies Alumina Company WINDALCO the measures implemented by the government and the world market to both get into sync resulting in the reopening of our bauxite plants