KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — Putrajaya has rejected a request by Australian company Lynas to lift the conditions for the renewal of its rare earths refinery in Malaysia, a Singapore...
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — Putrajaya has rejected a request by Australian company Lynas to lift the conditions for the renewal of its rare earths refinery in Malaysia, a Singapore paper reported today.reported that Lynas will no longer be allowed to keep its radioactive waste from the refinery in Gebeng, Pahang as part of the three-year licence renewal conditions that will be in force from July.
This means that going forward, the Australian company, one of the world’s largest producers of rare earths outside China, can only refine the materials at its Malaysian plant and must export the “cracking and leaching” of lanthanide concentrate produced here. According to the Singapore paper, the Australian company will be given 30 days to file its appeal to Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Chang Lih Kang after official notification.
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