Meanwhile, bauxite prospecting and mining has been expanding in Cockpit Country communities which were left out of the designated protected area. Since the Prime Minister's 2017 announcement, new mining leases have been granted by the Government of Jamaica which will allow bauxite companies to mine right up to the edge of the CCPA boundary.
Jamaica's Cockpit Country is still under threat from bauxite mining, which would remove forest cover, block and pollute waterways, displace residents, threaten agricultural livelihoods, compromise air quality and threaten the health and well-being of thousands of Jamaican citizens.
WESTERN BUREAU: In spite of potential long-term deforestation, bauxite mining in the Cockpit Country is likely to offer a game-changing fillip to the Jamaican economy, at least in the short term, if the Government allows Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners II (NJBP II) to mine 8,335 hectares of land, an environmental impact assessment (EIA) has said.
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Mr Parris Lyew-Ayee, executive director of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), issued a Press Release on Nov 27 regarding bauxite exploration and mining in the Cockpit Country. This was reported on the JIS website on Dec 7, and mentioned in an Editorial on Dec 9 in the Gleaner .
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"The Jamaica Bauxite Institute, Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited and the Mines and Geology Division advises to the best of our knowledge, that Noranda Bauxite partners II (Noranda), is currently not involved in any mining activities in the area to be protected as the Cockpit Country. The company's bauxite mining activities are confined to two ...
Cockpit country vs bauxite mining. I hold briefs for Jamaica, none else, but bauxite is a mature industry with things set for decades; yet the discourse regarding Cockpit Country has been so toxic ...
Bauxite is the source mineral of aluminium. In Jamaica, ALCOA (Aluminum Company of America), the largest producer of aluminum in the world, has been mining bauxite since 1963, converting Jamaica in the sixth largest bauxite producer in the world, right after Australia, Guinea, Brazil, China and India.
Eventually, in trying to acquire more land for bauxite mining, the Government of Jamaica issued some six special mining leases and established proposed boundaries of the Cockpit Country through ...
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The Cockpit Country is the source of about 40 per cent of Jamaica's water resources; rainwater trapped here replenishes the aquifers of six major rivers: Black River, Great River, Martha Brae, Rio Bueno, Montego River, and Hector's River. These rivers are the major sources of water for the parishes of St Elizabeth, Hanover, Trelawny and St ...
Noranda Invades Cockpit Country With Bauxite Mining: Betrayal Says JET. The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) is alarmed to receive reports that extension of haul roads and deployment of mining equipment has begun within Cockpit Country borders south of Stewart Town. Despite numerous assurances from the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) that bauxite ...
The modifications include the removal of 6,000 hectares of land, which are adjacent to the Cockpit Country, from the original Special Mining Lease 173 (SML 173). This change resulted in Special Mining Lease 71 (SML 71), which provides additional lands to Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners adjacent on the east of where the company is currently ...