Extractive Industry
130 Guyanese laid off as RUSAL closure triggers German transshipment company exit
More than 130 workers have been sent home as a result of the Germany-headquartered, Oldendorff Carriers Guyana Inc (OCGI) closure...
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First Bauxite considers natural gas-fired aluminium smelter
Minister of Finance Winston Jordan First Bauxite LLC (FBX) has indicated to government that it would build an aluminium smelter...
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Arrival of Chinese raises coronavirus fears at Bosai’s Linden bauxite operations
The Montgomery Mine in Linden being operated by China's Bosai Minerals Group. Guyanese workers at Bosai Minerals Group (Guyana), a...
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Guyana fast-tracked negotiations to prevent ExxonMobil-controlled consortium’s pull-out over Venezuela’s threat -PM
David Granger and Moses Nagamootoo Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo Tuesday night condemned a Global Witness report that concludes that the...
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As global anti-corruption watchdog calls for renegotiation of oil contract, independent probe believes ExxonMobil likely withheld vital information from Guyana gov’t
Even as the United Kingdom-headquartered international natural resource anti-corruption watchdog, Global Witness, calls for a renegotiation of the Stabroek Block...
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GB&GWU insists on arbitration, other demands before workers recall
GBGWU General Secretary Lincoln Lewis and GTUC President Coretta McDonald. The Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) on Saturday...
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Labour summons RUSAL-BCGI to key meeting over layoff of 288 workers
Junior Minister of Social Protection responsible for labour, Keith Scott The Ministry of Social Protection's Department of Labour Thursday afternoon...
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RUSAL sends home most of remaining workers
RUSAL equipment . The Russian Aluminium (RUSAL)-controlled Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) on Wednesday afternoon issued a notice that...
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ExxonMobil flares 1.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas in start-up
ExxonMobil's Country Manager, Rod Henson (left) and Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, Dr. Vincent Adams. ExxonMobil has so...
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Bosai’s bauxite production halted, to be fined another GYD$1 million
The Montgomery Mine in Linden being operated by Bosai Minerals. Bosai Minerals Group Co., China's largest bauxite producer that is...
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