Jamalco mines bauxite and refines it into alumina before it is exported from its port at Rocky Point, Clarendon. On average, 2.5 tonnes of bauxite produce one tonne of alumina. The alumina is exported to aluminium smelters where it takes around two tonnes of alumina to produce one tonne of aluminium metal.
Jamalco’s bauxite mines are located in South Manchester on the Mount Oliphant plateau and in Harmons Valley. The railhead from which bauxite is trammed to the refinery is located at St. Jago in Clarendon. The refinery is located at Halse Hall in Clarendon and the port from which alumina is shipped is located at Rocky Point also in Clarendon.
Jamalco is committed to being “The Best Alumina Producer”. This means that Jamalco will:
Jamalco is a joint venture between Century Aluminum and Clarendon Alumina Production Limited with a focus on bauxite mining and alumina production. Jamalco started as a bauxite mining venture by Alcoa in 1959 and exported its first shipment of bauxite in 1963. The venture began alumina production at a new refinery in Halse Hall, Clarendon in 1972 with a production capacity of 500,000 metric tonnes per year (mtpy), which it exported from its port facility at Rocky Point.
The refinery’s capacity was upgraded to 1 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 1.42 million mtpy.
In May 2023, Century Aluminum Company acquired General Alumina Jamaica Limited, which owns 55 percent of the joint venture and Clarendon Alumina Production Limited retains its 45 percent ownership of the joint venture.
The Jamalco Procurement Department utilizes established policies and procedures for the execution of an end-to-end process of acquiring goods and services for the operations. Our team is very involved in various facets including sourcing, supplier selection, negotiation, contract management, relationship management, risk mitigation, quality assurance and compliance to secure the best value and optimal pricing whilst fostering the most strategic and long business partnerships with our suppliers.
Our suppliers are required to undergo a pre-qualification process to ensure compliance with relevant standards. A performance assessment process is also in place to evaluate and monitor supplier effectiveness and reliability over time.
ASI Charter
Our vision is to maximize Jamalco’ s contribution of alumina production in a sustainable and safe manner in the communities we operate.
Our mission is to recognise and prioritize responsible sourcing and stewardship of aluminium and to include the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) in the Jamalco procurement policies and procedures.
Our values include:
The objective of Jamalco’s Procurement Team is to move far beyond the traditional belief that procurement’s primary role is to obtain goods and services in response to internal needs, and to demonstrate that procurement’s role is changing to encompass wider functions. Accordingly, we will chart the course of being nothing less than a world-class purchasing organization.
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