· For decades bauxite has been Jamaica's red gold. That aspect of the sector however has been in decline due to the temporary closure of JISCO'S ALPART refinery. In fact, the mining and quarrying sector declined by 37 percent in the January to March quarter relative to the same period last year. But there are bright sparks in the industry literally just waiting to be unearthed. One mineral ...

 · Mining. Operational Date: October 13, 1947. Last Amendment: January 1, 1995. Download PDF File: Mining Jamaica Laws Online. Subscribe To Jamaica Laws Online. Email * Keyword/Catchwords . Legislation Type . Operational Year . Date . Format: 2021. View alphabetical listing of all laws. Search Laws by Operational Date. Start date . Date . Format: . End date .

Mining pits are often interspersed within small rural communities, therefore requiring companies to reloe the people and or to monetarily compensate them. An increasing concern is the loss of habitat for Jamaica's unique plant and animal species; also bauxite mining severely affects the water retention capability of the soil. The Jamaica ...

alumina industry and the domestic construction sector. During the period 195070 certain changes took place in the country's economic structure, particularly in the relative importance of the mining and the agricultural sectors. In 1950, the bauxite sector made a negligible contribution to GDP, but by

Jamaica is the third largest island in the Caribbean. The island is approximately 230 km long, oriented in an east‐west axis and is approximately 80 km at its widest point. Land area is 10,990 km 2, of which about 160 km 2 are water bodies and the coastline is approximately 1,022 km long. The terrain is characterized by a mountainous region along the island's east west axis and narrow ...

 · Jamaica's environmental regulatory agency has issued 16 enforcement orders against Chinese stateowned mining giant Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO) for noncompliance with environmental regulations.. The news comes weeks after Diálogo Chino revealed that air pollution from the company's aluminiumtobauxite plant has left scores of residents in its immediate vicinity with .

 · But bauxite mining — the island's second largest foreign exchange earner after tourism– is considered to be the single largest cause of deforestation in Jamaica. On the one hand, this activity destroys large areas of forest because bauxite is extracted by open cast mining, which requires the complete removal of vegetation and topsoil. But at the same time .

Because of Jamaica's lowsilica highquality bauxite, it is well suited for global alumina and cement industries. Aluminum production starts with the strip mining of the raw material bauxite, which is a claylike soil found near the equator.

 · Jamaica's discovery of highgrade bauxite in 1938 gave birth to our modern mining sector. Since then, companies from North America, Russia and China have established their bauxite mining and refining operations in the country. Jamaica's bauxite industry rose to become a global leading bauxite producer, just five years after the first bauxite shipment left .

1 /5O,OOO topographical map of Jamaica printed in sheets ... mining operations shall be liable to such royalties as may be prescribed, and no minerals shall be exported except after payment or securing of royalty under such conditions as may be prescribed : Provided that the Commissioner may, by permit under his hand, exempt from liability to royalties small quantities of minerals intended for ...

Although generally beneficial for the economy, Jamaica's bauxite industry must import large amounts of caustic soda and heavy machinery to mine and export the ore, making the industry highly import intensive. Likewise, the mining of the ore has raised environmental concerns over bauxite byproducts discharged in highly visible red lakes. ...

60 years of bauxite mining, the industry has seen significant changes in how mining is conducted due to two main factors. Firstly, mining in Jamaica is always very close to population as the island is small and there are people settled in every area. This means that interaction between the mining companies and the local population is key to maintaining smooth .

Challenges facing the Jamaican Bauxite Industry. Jamaica is finding it more and more difficult to compete with other bauxite producers around the world. Countries such as Australia and Guinea have become important bauxite producers. Also, aluminium smelters have been built in Europe, Asia and South America. North America is no longer the major producer of aluminium. Output .

• The legal and policy framework governing mining in Jamaica is largely outdated. It is governed by a number of overlapping pieces of legislation, including the Mining Act, the Bauxite and Alumina Industries (Encouragement) Act, the Bauxite and Alumina Industries (Special Provisions) Act, the Quarries Control Act, the NRCA Act (which speaks to environmental management), and the Factories .

The Mining Act which was enacted in 1947 is an extremely powerful law that gives the Government of Jamaica (in the form of "the Crown") sole ownership of Jamaica's minerals including bauxite, thereby disenfranchising property owners as they cannot stop mining from taking place on their land. The act places immense power to the Commissioner of Mines (an unelected civil servant) and ...

 · ALTHOUGH I have written about the Jamaican bauxite and aluminium industry in three books and numerous articles, I think it is appropriate to repeat some of what I have written to mark the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the commercial mining of the ore. On June 5, 1952, the first shipment was made by Reynolds Jamaica Mines from its port in ...

 · A look at the Jamaican dairy industry; no less than two years ago, it was declared to be in a 'crisis' due to declining sales and competition with imported milk powder. The reliance on the much cheaper milk powder was described as "risky" by the Jamaican Dairy Development Board due to contamination. Globalisation's effects on Jamaica was not limited to agriculture, and has affected t

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 · Jamaica's environmental regulatory agency has issued 16 enforcement orders against Chinese stateowned mining giant Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO) for noncompliance with environmental regulations.. The news comes weeks after Diálogo Chino revealed that air pollution from the company's aluminiumtobauxite plant has left scores of residents in .