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Small-Scale Test Of Bauxite Mining SOP Critical To Safe Resumption: Kuantan MP Fuziah

Small-Scale Test Of Bauxite Mining SOP Critical To Safe Resumption: Kuantan MP Fuziah

Though standard operating procedures (SOP) for bauxite mining have been finalized by regulators from the Malaysian government, a member of Parliament in Pahang is counseling slow going before fully ramping up mining operations in her area. Kuantan MP Fuziah Salleh told local...

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Pahang Miners Point to Compliance and Seek Resumption of Bauxite Trade

Pahang Miners Point to Compliance and Seek Resumption of Bauxite Trade

The Pahang Mining Operators Association (PPMNP) said Tuesday that it has submitted standard operating procedure proposals on bauxite mining to Pahang’s Mentri Besar (chief executive) and Kuantan Port authorities, but they have yet to receive a response. PPMNP’s vice president, Yap Soon Huat, explained further that association miners have also set up pollution-prevention equipment at […]

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Kuantan Marchers Appeal to Malaysian Government for Better Bauxite Mining Regs

Kuantan Marchers Appeal to Malaysian Government for Better Bauxite Mining Regs

Marchers from Kuantan arrived at the Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur on Monday after a 350km walk to draw attention to their desire for better regulations for their region’s bauxite mining industry. The thirty marchers of Red2Green, who range in age between 30 and 65, handed Mohd Nazif Jamaludin, principal assistant secretary of the Natural […]

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Environmental NGO Suggests Malaysia Bauxite Moratorium Be Extended

Environmental NGO Suggests Malaysia Bauxite Moratorium Be Extended

Malaysia’s National Treasures Protection Society (Peka) Pahang chapter president Khaidir Ahmad says that the ongoing bauxite moratorium should be extended due to the failure of the Kuantan port authority to meet the February 15th deadline for clearing the port of stockpiled bauxite. Runoff from the stockpiled bauxite led to serious pollution of Kuantan’s harbor waters. […]

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