MINING Minister Floyd Green is heading to China for talks with the operators of Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO) in another effort to have operations resume at Alpart bauxite plant in St Elizabeth which have been shuttered since 2019.

JISCO announced the closure of the plant to carry out a major modernisation project, and last year Green signalled that it was nearing a phased reopening.

But almost one year after that announcement there has been no word on when the plant will reopen and at a post-sectoral debate presentation on Thursday Green signalled a renewed push to get it back into operation.