THE US market now has a significant demand for limestone, and the managing director of Jamaica Bauxite Mining (JMB) believes Jamaica can capitalise on this demand and boost economic growth. "Jama ...

Limestone deposits in Jamaica account for 65 per cent of the island by weight, and 85 per cent of its surface coverage. A high proportion of Jamaica’s limestone is considered ‘high purity ...

Sweat poured off Juan Luis Toribio's brow and down his arms into his chalk-caked palms as he labored through an overhanging cave in Discovery Bay, on the northern coast of Jamaica. Stifling ...

A decision by Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness in favour of a limestone quarry in an ecologically sensitive area has provoked an angry backlash among environmental advocates, tourism ...