Executives of First Bauxite/Guyana Industrial Minerals and the government delegation comprising then Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo cutting the ribbon to declare the mine open last year. (DPI photo)
With production pegged last year between 100,000 and 150,000 tonnes of bauxite, President of Guyana Industrial Minerals (GINMIN), a subsidiary of United States-based First Bauxite (FBX), Elliott Lincoln says operations remain in a “soft production” phase, a year after the mine and processing plant were commissioned at Bonasika in Region Three.
Speaking with Stabroek News in an exclusive interview, Lincoln on Thursday explained that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted their plans to increase production and forced the company to make decisions in the best interest of their employees.
