#Aluminium Insider » Feed Aluminium Insider » Comments Feed Aluminium Insider » Government Committed To Environmental Protection: Jamaica PM Holness Comments Feed alternate alternate Aluminium Insider (BUTTON) Toggle navigation Friday, December 20, 2019 * Facebook * Twitter Search for: ____________________ (Search) Search * News * Business * Innovation * Technology * Sustainability * Features * Market Selection + Africa + Asia + Australia + China + Europe + Latin America + North America + Russia * Experts * Partners * News * Business * Innovation * Technology * Sustainability * Features * Market Selection + Africa + Asia + Australia + China + Europe + Latin America + North America + Russia * Experts * Partners Aluminium Insider (BUTTON) Toggle navigation * News * Business * Innovation * Technology * Sustainability * Features * Market Selection + Africa + Asia + Australia + China + Europe + Latin America + North America + Russia * Experts * Partners * News * Business * Innovation * Technology * Sustainability * Features * Market Selection + Africa + Asia + Australia + China + Europe + Latin America + North America + Russia * Experts * Partners Business / News / North America Government Committed To Environmental Protection: Jamaica PM Holness Sep. 30, 2019 by Staff Government Committed To Environmental Protection: Jamaica PM Holness You may like ABx Lands Full Funding Of Binjour Bauxite Project In Deal With Rawmin Dec. 17, 2019 - Staff Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) yesterday announced the full funding of mining operations at the Binjour Bauxite Project in Queensland. 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Holness spoke to a New York radio program on Thursday in a break from his attendance at a United Nations environmental summit, telling the interviewer that Jamaica continues to be a state governed by the legal process, especially when it comes to environmental issues. “The environment always comes first,” insisted Holness. “So, the issue is how do we use our environment in a sustainable way for economic gain, and that cannot happen without proper analysis and investigation.” [Harbor-Aluminium-Summit.png] [] “So, the Government is exploring other areas where there may be reserves for bauxite, where there may be the potential for the company that is interested in mining in those particular areas, to be mined elsewhere. So we are looking at all those possibilities.” Holness was speaking in response to Jamaicans who protested his speech to the UN on Thursday. Protesters voiced their objection to the government’s issuance of a bauxite mining license to Noranda for a tract of land immediately outside Cockpit Country Protected Area (CCPA), arguing that no mining should occur in the entirety of Cockpit Country. newsletter-icon Don't miss a single update from Aluminium Insider. Sign up to our weekly newsletter! Don't miss a single update from Aluminium Insider. Sign up to our weekly newsletter! ____________________ Subscribe Holness continued by noting the efforts his government has and continues to undertake to conserve the local environment, including a watershed rehabilitation initiative and a project aimed at planting 4 million trees on the island. “So, I totally reject any form of suggestion that the Government is insensitive to the environment, and I totally reject any movement which would want to suggest that the Government would allow mining in any environmentally or ecologically sensitive area,” he insisted. Noranda’s bauxite license has proven to be significantly controversial due to its proximity to the CCPA. The firm has long promised to be good stewards of the land, including holding to its obligations to seal off heritage sites and caves and restore topsoil to the site at the completion of mining operations. Andrew Holness / Cockpit Country Protected Area / Jamaica Noranda / Noranda / Noranda bauxite / Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners (BUTTON) Show comments Aluminium Insider * News * Business * Innovation * Technology * Sustainability * Features * Market Selection + Africa + Asia + Australia + China + Europe + Latin America + North America + Russia * Experts * Partners * About Us * Contact * Privacy Policy Copyright © Aluminium Insider - 2019 Scroll to top (BUTTON) (BUTTON) (BUTTON) (BUTTON) (BUTTON) (BUTTON) By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more information (BUTTON) Accept The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this. Close