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Jamalco Aims for Football Premier League
June 29, 2009
Jamalco unveiled plans to expand its community football league competition to eventually field a football team that will play in the National Premier League.
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Jamalco Spends $360,000 on Labour Day Health Projects
May 27, 2009
Jamalco’s Managing Director Jerome Maxwell disclosed that the company spent some $360,000 on two health projects for Labour Day 2009 within the company’s operating areas in Clarendon at the Lionel Town Hospital and in Manchester at the Harmons Health Centre.
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Jamalco Volunteers give to Local CBOs
May 13, 2009
Six Jamalco employees earned a total of US$1,500 for six Community Based Organization (CBOs) in recognition of the hours they volunteered serving the organizations in 2008. The cheques for US$250 each were presented to the volunteers and representatives of the CBOs at the alumina refinery in Halse Hall, Clarendon recently.
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Jamalco & Forestry Department Sign Agro-Forest MOU
May 12, 2009
A new Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Bauxite/Alumina company Jamalco and the Forestry Department of the Ministry of Agriculture to expand and accelerate the programme for the restoration of mined-out lands.
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Kemps Hill High Gets Gift –for Child Month
May 12, 2009
The Kemps Hill High School family in Racecourse, Clarendon received a gift of US$3,000 (J$267,000.00) from the Alcoa Foundation and Jamalco in commemoration of Child Month and in recognition of the schools 36th Anniversary.
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Jamalco Supports Future Farmers
April 27, 2009
Jamalco hosted a workshop for young farmers being trained in greenhouse technology at the Mocho Green House Training Center, Mount Airy, on Friday, April 24, as part of its Farmers Month activities.
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JAMALCO HITS PRODUCTION RECORD!
April 9, 2009
Jamalco is today celebrating the best quarterly performance in the Company’s fifty-year history; and is all set to reclaim its position as one of Alcoa’s most cost efficient refineries. This at a time when the world’s aluminium industry buckles under the weight of a global economic meltdown.
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World Health Day – Caring for our Children
April 9, 2009
Parents of students at the Campbell’s Castle All Age School in South Manchester, now have a better understanding of their role as parents.
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Jamalco Book Programme Supports National Literacy Goals
April 9, 2009
Jamalco has been commended by the Ministry of Education and the Jamaica Library Service (JLS) for its on-going investment in Jamaica’s education system through its continued donation of books to educational institutions island wide.
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Jamalco's 2007 Sustainability Report
October 2, 2008
Review Jamalco’s 2007 financial, environmental, and community performance.
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Alcoa’s 2008 Sustainability Report Details Commitment to Communities, Customers and Shareholders
April 14, 2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today the release of its 2008 Corporate Sustainability Report, an annual account of the company’s global environmental, social, and economic performance.
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FORTUNE Names Alcoa Most Admired Metals Company
March 9, 2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) is the world’s most admired metals company according to Fortune magazine’s annual survey of the World’s Most Admired Companies. On newsstands starting Monday, March 9, 2009, Fortune’s Most Admired Ranking is the definitive report card on corporate reputation.
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Alcoa Again Named One of the World's Most Sustainable Corporations at Davos
January 29, 2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that it was named as one of the most sustainable corporations in the world in the fifth annual Global 100 ranking of the top role models in sustainable business practices, during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Alcoa’s roots in Jamaica go back to 1959 with the formation of Alcoa Minerals of Jamaica, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alcoa. The company mined bauxite for export, with the first shipment in 1963.
In 1972, the company began processing bauxite into alumina at a new refinery in Halse Hall, Clarendon, with a production capacity of 500,000 metric tonne per year (mtpy), and exporting alumina from its port facility at Rocky Point. The refinery's capacity was upgraded to one million mtpy in 1999, and then to 1.25 million mtpy in 2003. The completion of a further upgrade in March 2007 lifted the production capacity of the refinery to 1.425 million tonnes per year.
In 1988, the Government of Jamaica acquired a 50 percent share in the operations. The resulting company was name Jamalco, with Alcoa as the managing partner. Following the expansion completed in 2007, Jamalco is now owned 55 percent by Alcoa and 45 percent by the Government of Jamaica.
What We Do
Jamalco mines bauxite and refines it into alumina before exporting the alumina from its port at Rocky Point, Clarendon. On average, 2.5 tonnes of bauxite produce 1 tonne of alumina. The alumina is exported to aluminium smelters where it takes around 2 tonnes of alumina to produce 1 tonne of aluminium metal.
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Links to more information about Jamalco
Jamalco - Building Communities
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Alcoa Foundation in Jamaica
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Aluminium and the Environment
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Aluminium... the Metal of the future
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Adding Value from the Ground up
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