Century pumps US$34m into Jamalco

Century Aluminium pumped US$34 million (about J$5.3 billion) into capital upgrades at its majority-owned Jamalco alumina refinery, racing to sever the operation’s dependence on the island’s power grid after Hurricane Melissa exposed the cost of that vulnerability last year. Concurrently, Hurricane Melissa cost Jamalco owners 50 per cent more than Hurricane Beryl a year earlier.