Abstract
In recent years social and environmental pressures have been threatening the supply of limestone aggregates in the urban areas of Jamaica. Faced with the problem of providing low price aggregates without creating intolerable environmental problems, a study made of the aggregate industry in the Kingston area showed that one possible solution was the relocation of all quarries in specially zoned areas. Three zones have already been designated in the Kingston Area and the Ministry of Mining and Natural Resources is at present engaged in a long-term programme aimed at creating quarry zones for all major urban and industrial areas. The important factors on which the strategy of zoning depends are: future consumption of limestone products; the Island's limestone resources; and the laws which govern the extraction of limestone. The expansion of urban areas and the increasing demand for aggregates strongly favours zoning in order to conserve resources for future use. However, this strategy requires the support of precise legislation aimed at reducing the environmental impact of quarrying and also very good planning and controlling machinery.
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