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Lynas to meet more opposition to rare earths processing in Malaysia

They will continue to pursue the judicial review cases to get the court to revoke the temporary licence given to Lynas on the grounds that Lynas still has no safe solution to tackle their radioactive waste,’

Lynas plant on line, protests to continue, SMH December 1, 2012 Glenda Kwek A MALAYSIAN environment group says it plans to continue campaigning for the closure of Lynas’ controversial rare-earths processing plant, as the Australian miner announced it had started production.
Lynas said it had made its first feed to the kiln at the plant in
Gebeng, Kuantan, calling it a milestone for the company……
Production was delayed after legal action from local environmentalists
worried about potential health risks.
An Australian adviser to one of the environmental groups, Save
Malaysia, Stop Lynas, said the protesters would continue to push for
the plant’s closure.
”They will continue to pursue the judicial review cases to get the court to revoke the temporary licence given to Lynas on the grounds that Lynas still has no safe solution to tackle their radioactive waste,” Lee Tan said.
Ms Tan said the group had also commissioned an independent scientific
report, which suggested in preliminary findings that there were
several environmental issues with the processing facility.
”The Malaysian government has to call an election by next year and
the Stop Lynas group will utilise this issue to campaign for voters to
vote against the current government,” she added.
http://www.smh.com.au/business/lynas-plant-on-line-protests-to-continue-20121130-2amf0.html#ixzz2DpJbVIqo

December 1, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uranium