Bauxite industry export upbeat on recovery, wary of

Having entered the industry because he was "intrigued" by the Kaiser operations in Louisiana and the offer the company made him fresh out of Louisiana State University in 1971, Foster developed a relationship with Jamaica quite by accident, literally, in 1985, and has been somewhat of a fixture in the country's bauxite sector since then.

Kaiser Jamaica Bauxite Company Limited

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The bauxite industry — the other side

A little known story is that it was out of this intense community contact and experience that Dr Jim Lee, member of the early survey crew for Kaiser Bauxite in the 1950s, was able to present The ...

Port Kaiser Port

Location: Port Kaiser is situated on the coast of St Elizabeth, in SW Jamaica, approx 60nm W of Kingston. General overview: The port has one main pier with depth alongside of …

[2020] JMCA Civ 8 JAMAICA IN THE COURT OF APPEAL …

Kaiser Bauxite Company and Kaiser Jamaica Bauxite Company (unreported), Supreme Court, Jamaica, Claim No 1998/G -185, judgment delivered 29 November 2007. Background [7] The appellant is a duly incorporated company and its managing director is Mr Patrick Goodison ("Mr Goodison"). Mr Goodison is also the principal of Goodison Power

Kaiser Bauxite Company Aluminum Occurrence

18.3717°N 77.3803°W. Overview Aluminum. Location 1 Aliquots. Owners 1 Records. The Kaiser Bauxite Company Aluminum Occurrence is near Falmouth, Jamaica. Ore mineralization has been found at this location, however the precise grade, tonnage, and extent of the mineralization are not known. There has been no production and little to no …

Exploring Jamaica's Outports: Port Esquivel And Port Kaiser

Jamaica's ports are an important part of our national economy. From bauxite to alumina, cement, and consumer goods, our ports have been hives of activity facilitating crucial movements for every industry you can think of. ... Regarding Port Kaiser, Bradshaw explained, "Berthing ships in Port Kaiser is a difficult manoeuvre. Both ship ...

What's next for bauxite? | In Focus | Jamaica Gleaner

At the beginning of 2004, the largest bauxite-mining and alumina-processing company in the island, known as Alpart (Alumina Partners of Jamaica), with a 1.65 million-tonne alumina capacity located at Nain, St Elizabeth, was jointly owned by Houston-based (USA) Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation (65 per cent) and the Oslo-based …

10 Major Ports in Jamaica

Port Kaiser. Image for representation purpose only. Port Kaiser lies in the region of St. Elizabeth, located in Jamaica, 87 kilometres West of Kingston. Port of Kaiser is a tiny port in Jamaica that mainly handles general cargo at a small finger pier. The port of Kaiser has one main pier with depth alongside 11.5m.

The Evolution of Bauxite Mining in Jamaica Modern …

Keywords: Jamaica, bauxite mining, mining in populated areas, Jamaica Bauxite Institute 1. The Early Days – The Big Four Bauxite exploration and development work in Jamaica began during the 1940s and was carried out mainly by Alcan, Reynolds and Kaiser. These three North American companies came to the

St. Ann Bauxite Company to Boost its Operations – …

The Full Story. The St. Ann Bauxite Company, which purchased Kaiser Aluminum Corporation's 49 per cent stake in Kaiser Jamaica Bauxite Company (KJBC) …

THE JAMAICAN BAUXITE INDUSTRY: GLIMPSES INTO …

Jamaica Bauxite Institute, Hope Gardens, P. O. Box 355, Kingston 6, Jamaica W.I. ... and Kaiser), each of which needed its own independent source of bauxite, the Jamaican industry was rapidly developed to the point that the island became the number one world producer in 1957. Growth continued during the economically buoyant 1960s, and

Discovery Bay bauxite mine Report | Wood Mackenzie

Report summary. Discovery Bay is the only mine that exports bauxite in Jamaica; supplying the company's Gramercy refinery in the US and to third-parties. It is the largest bauxite mine in Jamaica by production. Wood Mackenzie's asset reports are built from the bottom up, incorporating a number of granular data metrics to ultimately produce ...

Port Kaiser Port | Port Code: JMPKA

Port Kaiser (Port Code: JMPKA) is a port situated on the coast of St Elizabeth, in southwestern Jamaica, approx 60nm west of Kingston, the country's capital. The port has one main pier with depth alongside of 11.5m. Alpart, the berth operators, use the berth for the export of alumina and bauxite, import of fuel, acid, grain and other materials.

The Fight Against Mining in Jamaica's Rainforest

This led the bauxite industry in Jamaica to shrink. And now it's just 3 percent of the economy, and provides fewer than 5000 jobs. Despite all that, the government keeps pouring money into this ...

Bauxite mining puts St Ann villages in a spin

Gibraltar is one of several communities in St Ann that fall under Special Mining Lease 172 (SML72) granted to the Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partnership, and is located about 42 kilometres from the ...

When bauxite meets community

It is not generally known that Jamaica's celebrated Master Potter Cecil Baugh, OJ, credited Kaiser Bauxite with having given him encouragement and help in 1960 when he was asked to train young ...

Industry

Jamaican bauxite was not used during the war, but these three North American companies (Alcan, Kaiser and Reynolds) came to the island to survey, acquire reserve lands, and …

About Us – Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited

Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited (JBM) is a Government-owned company (a Public Body) with a business enterprise mandate. In addition to being the custodian of over 4,000 …

Mining and Refining – Process

The process stages are: 1. Milling. The bauxite is washed and crushed, reducing the particle size and increasing the available surface area for the digestion stage. Lime and "spent liquor" (caustic soda returned from the precipitation stage) are added at the mills to make a pumpable slurry. 2.

Bauxite-alumina back on the rise | Business | Jamaica …

The Jamalco refinery in Clarendon. The Jamaican Government expects the value of mining exports from bauxite and alumina to improve to US$507 million ($77 …

Bauxite in Jamaica

Bauxite production in Jamaica and major projects. According to GlobalData, Jamaica is the world's seventh-largest producer of bauxite in 2022, with output up by …

Kaiser Jamaica Bauxite Company Limited

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Bauxite industry is more than red dirt

The record jacket tells the story. The Kaiser Singers went on to enter and win a gold medal in the Jamaica Festival 1979, and then further afield to the Kaiser Corporate auditorium and Oakland City Hall Plaza in California for sell-out performanc­es before appreciati­ve audiences from another land, and another culture.

St. Ann Bauxite Company to Boost its Operations – Jamaica …

The Full Story. The St. Ann Bauxite Company, which purchased Kaiser Aluminum Corporation's 49 per cent stake in Kaiser Jamaica Bauxite Company (KJBC) last year, has pledged to invest some US$7.7 million into its operations. The Government of Jamaica is the majority shareholder with 51 per cent of equity in the company.

Kaiser files for bankruptcy

KAISER Aluminum Corporation yesterday filed for protection from its creditors under Chapter 11 of the US federal bankruptcy laws, but said that the proceedings did not extend to its Jamaica ...

Broken bauxite promise

That promise, the brothers say, came in 2005 when Kaiser, which has since been replaced by Noranda Bauxite Jamaica, trespassed on the family's 50-acre property near Orange Hill, St Ann, to conduct mining operations. "My father worked hard to purchase that property in 1960.

Jamaica's mining revival turns red earth to gold for hedge …

Under a layer of red dust, they still read "Kaiser Bauxite Co.". Yet this 50-year-old facility is at the leading edge of a revival of the mining industry, turning Jamaica's red earth to gold ...

The Evolution of Bauxite Mining in Jamaica Modern …

In 1967, Kaiser commenced mining operations in St. Ann, with headquarters in Discovery Bay where they built a drying facility and a port, Port Rhoades, to ship bauxite. Then, in …

Kaiser Jamaica Bauxite Co. | Jamaica

Kaiser Jamaica Bauxite Co. Exporter from Jamaica. Member since: 18-Sep-2004. Business Type Year of Establishment Country / Region Exporting 1951 Jamaica / St. Ann Product List Bauxite Mining. Contact Details Kaiser Jamaica Bauxite Co. ...

Bauxite Mining With GIS at Kaiser Aluminum Jamaican Operations

Comments Gil De Campos, director of Bauxite Reserves and Mine Planning for Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation's Jamaican operations, "If you are looking at a 400,000-ton bauxite deposit, you will probably have to deal …

Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners

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Bauxite Dependency: Roots of Crisis | NACLA

The company purchased over 40,000 acres of bauxite-rich lands in Jamaica, which were to supply Kaiser's smelting and refining plants for the next two decades. In the early fifties, the companies began to develop their newly acquired reserves. Kaiser built a huge mining complex on the southwest coast of Jamaica.

Restoration of Bauxite Lands in Jamaica: Life after Bauxite

Senior Director, Bauxite Reserves Jamaica Bauxite Institute, Hope Gardens, Kingston 6, Jamaica W.I. Corresponding author: [email protected] Abstract Bauxite occurrence in Jamaica is somewhat unique among the world's large producers in that Jamaican bauxite deposits occur in numerous small discrete depressions in karst limestone in the

Recognising outstanding bauxite industry leaders

The Government of Jamaica have already recognised a few of those outstanding leaders. The late Don Tretzel, head of Kaiser Bauxite 1953 to 1974, became the first expatriate to receive Jamaican ...

What are the uses of bauxite in Jamaica?

It must be noted, however, that bauxite isn't really versatile. In fact, the use of bauxite is somewhat limited to aluminium production. Hence, the main use of bauxite in Jamaica is to convert it to alumina for exportation. However, let's not detract its importance, as aluminium plays a vital role in creating a number of items.