{"id":26352,"date":"2025-02-08T23:57:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T23:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26352"},"modified":"2025-02-08T23:57:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T23:57:58","slug":"lindens-bauxite-sector-sees-remarkable-growth-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/lindens-bauxite-sector-sees-remarkable-growth-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Linden&#8217;s Bauxite Sector Sees Remarkable Growth in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>January 14, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Linden&#8217;s bauxite sector has emerged as one of the standout success stories for the Ministry of Natural Resources in 2024, with a significant 225% increase in production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Production soared from just over 500,000 tonnes in 2023 to a staggering 1.7 million tonnes in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a year-end press conference, Minister of Natural Resources, Hon. Vickram Bharrat, highlighted the role of the Linden-based BOSAI Minerals Group Incorporated in this impressive achievement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that BOSAI had made substantial investments in its operations at the Montgomery mines and the Linden plant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These efforts have resulted in a steady increase in bauxite output over the past few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this growth in production, BOSAI has also contributed to job creation, now employing over 1,000 people from Region 10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Bharrat emphasized that the company&#8217;s production exceeded its set targets, marking a key milestone for the sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to current expansions, BOSAI is working on the Metallurgical Bauxite Project, which aims to further boost bauxite production and create even more local employment opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This ambitious project includes the construction of a new wharf and a 20-kilometre conveyor belt system to transport bauxite from the mines, with a goal to expand production capacity to 3 million tonnes per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 14, 2025 Linden&#8217;s bauxite sector has emerged as one of the standout success stories for the Ministry of Natural Resources in 2024, with a significant 225% increase in production.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26353,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26352\/revisions\/26353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}