(Jamaica Gleaner) Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Phillip Paulwell has welcomed news that Russian aluminium giant UC Rusal has not made a decision to close its Ewarton bauxite plant in St Catherine.
In a statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday, Paulwell had announced that UC Rusal “verbally” informed him that it had made the decision to close the Ewarton plant later this year for one year.
However, in an Associated Press (AP) story yesterday, the company is quoted as saying: “The information about Ewarton’s closing in October this year does not correspond to the reality.”
In the AP article, the company acknowledged that it was considering curtailing operations at some facilities, but noted that no decision would be made until September.
