
2025.10.10 Jamaica’s bauxite industry rose to become a global leading bauxite producer, just five years after the first bauxite shipment left the island
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2023.8.12 Capitalizing on Colonialism - A Brief History of Bauxite Mining in Jamaica The origins of Jamaica’s bauxite-alumina industry can be traced to the 1940s, when North
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The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) began operating in 1976 to advise, monitor, and implement policies on all aspects of the industry, as well as to conduct technical and economic research.
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2025.7.27 Seventy-five years after bauxite mining began in Jamaica, the industry that once spurred economic growth now stands at a crossroads, with
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2022.9.21 The topics covered by this study are: the bauxite-alumina industry’s history, the evolution of its regulatory framework, the impacts of
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2024.10.15 GENERAL SECTOR PERFORMANCE Jamaica’s mineral portfolio is dominated by the production of the metallic mineral, bauxite used
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2024.7.29 For decades, communities in Jamaica have endured land grabs, displacement, and air and water pollution by bauxite mining and processing
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2022.9.21 The topics covered by this study are: the bauxite-alumina industry’s history, the evolution of its regulatory framework, the impacts of
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2002.2.24 MINING MINING AND MINING RESOURCES Although there had been attempts for over a century to establish small-scale mining in Jamaica, the present well
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The commercial possibilities of Jamaican bauxite were recognized in 1943 at a time when there was great need for aluminum for the Allied war effort, and when availability was being made
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The Bauxite-Alumina Industry has been a powerful actor on the environmental, social and economic scene in Jamaica since the early 1950s. Impacts of mining and pro cessing on
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2007.1.1 Earthy bauxite (aluminum ore) deposits over limestone bedrock cover over 20% of Jamaica's surface area. With the shortage of arable land in Jamaica, there is great interest
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2023.6.16 Jamaica is a global producer of bauxite, a critical material used to produce aluminum. The Caribbean island, most well-known globally for its
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2025.10.7 Bauxite Aluminum Environment Environment Industry Lands Statistics Jamaican bauxites occur as pocket or blanket deposits of red earthy material on the karst
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2007.4.5 The bauxite depositsof Jamaica B.W.I. were discoveredin 1942, as the result of an investigation into the causeof the lack of fertility of the pasture regions. On the basis of
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2007.2.18 Abstract Bauxite mining is considered to be one of the most significant reasons behind deforestation in Jamaica. During the last decades, large areas of forest have been
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The Government permits Noranda Bauxite Limited to mine bauxite in Jamaica through 2030. Bauxite is mined at St. Ann and the ore is transported via
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In 1952 the first shipload of bauxite left Jamaica for foreign markets, and two years later the export of alumina began, to introduce a new element into Jamaican economy. The
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2024.11.3 The bauxite industry’s rapid rise was a testament to Jamaica’s strategic importance and the diligent efforts of its workforce. The island’s rich
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2014.6.13 In October, 1943, Alcan was incorporated under the name Jamaica Bauxites Limited as a Jamaican company to investigate the
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2022.4.24 During my research on the environmental impacts of bauxite mining, the Mines and Geology Division (MGD) in the Ministry of Transport
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2013.8.24 The Evolution of Bauxite Mining in Jamaica – Modern Challenges for a Mature Industry. Travaux 47, Proceedings of the 36th
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2012.6.5 ALTHOUGH I have written about the Jamaican bauxite and aluminium industry in three books and numerous articles, I think it is
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2024.10.15 GENERAL SECTOR PERFORMANCE Jamaica’s mineral portfolio is dominated by the production of the metallic mineral, bauxite used
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1989.2.1 Employing static input-output analysis, this study estimates the effects of increased domestic alumina refining of bauxite on the national income and the foreign
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2021.1.13 Abstract Whilst only a small island developing state, Jamaica has been producing alumina for over 60 years. Within this history, several manifestations of legacy
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2015.7.30 Jamaica bauxite or bauxite in Jamaica was first shipped in 1952. By 1957 Jamaica was the leading bauxite producer in the world. In 1961
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2017.8.25 The commercial possibilities of Jamaican bauxite were recognized in 1943 at a time when there was great need for alum inurn for the Allied war effort, and when availability
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Alcoa and the Jamaican Bauxite Mining Company (JBM) agreed to set up a new alumina joint venture, Jamalco, in which JBM will have 6 percent of the capital and the alumina produced.
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2025.8.20 At the core of Jamaica's export prowess is bauxite, an aluminum ore that plays a pivotal role in various industries globally. Bauxite mining has been a cornerstone of Jamaica's
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2025.1.24 Jamaica’s bauxite mining industry is pivotal, with the government playing a key role through the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, JAMALCO, JBI, and MAJ.
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