The Jamaican Government expects the value of mining exports from bauxite and alumina to improve to US$507 million ($77 billion), seven per cent higher than last …
Eight years ago, the Government's Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) and Japan's Nippon Light Metals entered a 50:50 partnership for the extraction of rare earth …
Bauxite or 'red dirt', the raw material used in the production of aluminium, has been extracted in Jamaica by open-cast mining since 1952.
Exports of bauxite from Jamaica increased by 21% in 2022 over 2021, with the highest share being exported to the US. Jamaica's bauxite exports are expected to grow at a CAGR of 2% between 2022 and 2026.
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 …
The mining of bauxite in Jamaica is primarily an open-pit extraction process. The topsoil is removed, and the bauxite ore is extracted using heavy machinery, such as excavators …
Jamaica is endowed with rich deposits of high-quality bauxite, particularly in the central and western regions of the island. The extraction process involves open-pit mining, where …
The removal of bauxitic soils has left a legacy of incalculable environmental abuse and degradation of the island's ecological heritage. Incalculable because even regulators and industry proponents, such as …
For the period reviewed export value from the bauxite-alumina industry in Jamaica was just US$470 million, with crude bauxite exports earning only US$71 million.
By using the environmental injustices caused by bauxite extraction in Jamaica as a case study, the paper explores the severe, long-term harms which meet the conditions of an …