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Lynas quietly confident at Kuantan

WESTERN Australia-based rare earths supplier Lynas Corporation has started preliminary work on locations for a permanent disposal facility for water leach purification residue after Malaysian prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad told local media the company should not have to export low-level radioactive waste as a condition of its licence renewal at the Kuantan plant after all.

 The separation and processing facility for rare earths in Kuantan, Malaysia

The separation and processing facility for rare earths in Kuantan, Malaysia

Mahathir's comments follow last week's threat by Lynas CEO and managing director Amanda Lacaze to take legal action over so-called false claims the company polluted local groundwater and breached its undertaking...

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