The fact that REEs are needed for green technologies is shrouded in irony because of the potential environmental implications of mining and processing them.
Unfortunately, the revenue potential blinded the authority and government Malaysia, allowing the Australian company LYNAS to build a huge rare earth processing plant here in Kuantan, Malaysia. Malaysia is a small country which many may not know but she is our mother land and certainly don't deserve all these harm.
Public are convinced with how careful or precaution LYNAS promised and sounds like "hey, relax, there won't be any problem!" But if it is so, why don't the Australian Government allowed the Australian corporation LYNAS to build the plant on their own country?? Logically, Australia has the richest known deposit of Rare Earths in the world at Mount Weld, and their surveillance is definitely world-class, then why LYNAS come to Malaysia? Are we Malaysian idiot enough to be fooled or manipulated?? Malaysia is such a tiny country surrounded by sea and we won't know if the waste or residues leak to the environment. Imagine the pollution can actually kills and caused deformation to all animals, plants, human and all the creatures of GOD. This is not a joke! It's about life!!
According to an article published by the Chinese Society of Rare Earths,
“Every ton of rare earth produced generates approximately 8.5 kilograms (18.7 lbs) of fluorine and 13 kilograms (28.7 lbs) of dust; and using concentrated sulfuric acid high temperature calcination techniques to produce approximately one ton of calcined rare earth ore generates 9,600 to 12,000 cubic meters (339,021 to 423,776 cubic feet) of waste gas containing dust concentrate, hydrofluoric acid, sulfur dioxide, and sulfuric acid, approximately 75 cubic meters (2,649 cubic feet) of acidic wastewater plus about one ton of radioactive waste residue (containing water).”
Malaysia is not for cheap sales!
SAVE MALAYSIA
STOP LYNAS
