PEKAN: Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said today that her ministry would work with the Pahang government to find a suitable site for the Lynas’ rare earths processing company’s permanent disposal facility to store its water leach purification residue.Lynas will have to move its cracking and leaching process, which is currently conducted at its plant in Gebeng here, out of the country.
Lynas’ plant in Gebeng, Kuantan, has been mired in controversy with some quarters wanting it out of the country while others are all for it because of its economic spin-offs.In KUANTAN, Beserah assemblyman Andansura Rabu said the conditions attached showed the government’s seriousness in addressing the issue.
Meanwhile, the organisers of an anti-Lynas campaign, Save Malaysia Stop Lynas , have not obtained permission from Kuantan Municipal Council to hold a gathering at Taman Gelora on Sunday.
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