UC Rusal plans two 90MW coal plants in Jamaica
United Company Rusal (UC), the new majority owners of Windalco and Alpart, is considering downstream investment in two new coal-fired plants as energy source for its bauxite operations in St.Catherine, Manchester and St. Elizabeth.
Mayberry enters Jamaica's pension-funds market
Having received its licence from the regula-tors Financial Services Commission (FSC) in January, Mayberry Investments Limited will, by the end of the year, provide pension-fund investment and management services, CEO Gary Peart recently told shareholders on Friday.
Air Jamaica adds new flights for summer
Jamaica's national carrier Air Jamaica will add non-stop direct flights from Fort Lauderdale to Barbados to its schedule, starting July 22, the airline's publicists have said.
Jamaican economy limited by policy options
Finance Minister Dr. Omar Davies on Tuesday told an audience of international analysts and investors assembled in Montego Bay for the Euromoney conference that, in terms of economic policy, it did not really matter who won the election as anyone in office would face a very limited set of options
Caribbean businesses seen as threatened by climate change
The oversubscribed second Europe Caribbean Business Forum held in Trinidad on June 8, organised jointly by the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce and the Caribbean Britain Business Council, focused on the options that the region's business community has to offset the negative impact of climate change on the Caribbean economy.
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