Malaysian Natural Resources Minister: Bauxite mining ban could be extended
Malaysia’s Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Datuk Dr. Haji Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar addressed reporters yesterday on the subject...
Pahang bauxite
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...
Pahang Bauxite Ban Cost Industry, Area Economy Hundreds of Millions: Industry Association
The e (PPMNP) said Wednesday that the industry has sustained a loss of RM800 million (US$197 million) since the ban on...
No Violations of Bauxite Ban: Pahang Police Chief
Pahang police chief Datuk Seri Sharifuddin Ab Ghani said that there have been no violations of the moratorium on bauxite...
Events
Malaysian Government Says Affected Land Could Be Industrial Park
A representative of Malaysia’s Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) said last week that land used at the Bukit Goh palm oil plantation may be suitable for development into an industrial park if it is found to no longer be suitable for use in palm oil cultivation. State Felda affairs committee chairperson Abu Bakar Harun indicated […]
Pahang Miners: Still No Explanation of New Regs
With bauxite mining set to resume in six weeks, bauxite miners and truck drivers say they are confused as to the standard procedures they are to use going forward. Several have said that they have not been briefed on nor received written information about the new mining legal regime. Malaysia’s transport minister Liow Tiong Lai […]
Minister: Pahang Bauxite Clean-Up Progressing Satisfactorily, New Regs Coming Soon
Malaysia’s Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar briefed the press on Friday after meeting with Pahang officials and discussing the state of the bauxite clean-up in the Kuantan area. “I am happy with the progress of the bauxite clearing but it is far from done,” Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said […]
Expert: Bauxite Pollution Can Be Fixed in Two Years
According to Malaysian Stormwater Organisation vice-president Datuk Ahmad Fuad Embi, the 1,200 hectares damaged by irresponsible bauxite mining in Pahang could be repaired in as little as two years if proper clean-up techniques are used. “Even the oil palm plantations (which have been turned into bauxite mining sites by the landowners) can be resuscitated and […]
Malaysia’s Land Department to Consider Compensation to Landowners During Bauxite Ban After It Ends
Malaysia’s Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) said on Friday that it would consider how to compensate settlers for money lost during the three-month moratorium after it ends in mid-April. FELDA’s chairman, Mohd Isa Abdul Samad, indicated that the department is awaiting the national government’s guidance on how bauxite mining would be conducted going forward before […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
