Chinese firm to build new alumina plant in Jamaica
8:03 pm, Tue May 6, 2014
Phillip Paulwell, Jamaica's Minister of Mining, announced in Parliament on Tuesday that a Chinese company - Xinfa Group Company Limited - will be establishing a new alumina plant in the northern Jamaica parish of St. Ann.
Paulwell, making his contribution to the Sectoral Debate, disclosed that a Memorandum of Understanding, in pursuit of that objective, was signed by the Government of Jamaica and the Chinese company on February 28.
The project will include construction of an alumina plant with production capacity of two million tonnes per year and a coal-fired plant to provide energy for the alumina plant, the Minister disclosed. Those two infrastructure works will involve foreign direct investment of approximately US$3 Billion, he said.
8:03 pm, Tue May 6, 2014
Phillip Paulwell, Jamaica's Minister of Mining, announced in Parliament on Tuesday that a Chinese company - Xinfa Group Company Limited - will be establishing a new alumina plant in the northern Jamaica parish of St. Ann.
Paulwell, making his contribution to the Sectoral Debate, disclosed that a Memorandum of Understanding, in pursuit of that objective, was signed by the Government of Jamaica and the Chinese company on February 28.
The project will include construction of an alumina plant with production capacity of two million tonnes per year and a coal-fired plant to provide energy for the alumina plant, the Minister disclosed. Those two infrastructure works will involve foreign direct investment of approximately US$3 Billion, he said.
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