Pang residents see red over bauxite mining, SE Asia
04/08/2015#0183;#32;KUANTAN Unregulated mining of bauxite for the extraction of prized aluminium in Pang may be leaking radioactive material into parts of
04/08/2015#0183;#32;KUANTAN Unregulated mining of bauxite for the extraction of prized aluminium in Pang may be leaking radioactive material into parts of
13/03/2019#0183;#32;A durian orchard remains untouched in an area exploited by bauxite mining companies in Kuantan, Malaysia, February 16, 2016. REUTERS/Olivia Harris
KUANTAN: DURIAN farmer Che Long Che Ali was left puzzled when he spotted two excavators entering a bauxite mining site located less than 100m from his house at Kampung Jeram in Beser.
Bauxite Mining Companies In Kuantan. Bauxite mining in kuantan in kuantan, bauxite is mainly extracted through open cast methodsuring the process, the topsoil and overburden layer will first be removed prior to bauxite extractionost of the mined out lands which are barren of vegetation are left abandoned without being rehabilitated.
A durian orchard overlooking land exploited by bauxite mining companies, which was previously all durian orchards, is seen in Kuantan, Malaysia, February 16, 2016. Malaysian farmers of the famously pungent durian fruit are calling for tighter regulations on mining they say is destroying arable land and tainting the water they need to churn out their yellow, spikyshelled crop. Picture taken
Bauxite mining in Kuantan offerssome exciting economic opportunities for various parties including individual land owners. Nevertheless, the bauxite boom; the extensive and uncontrolled mining activities have great potentials to cause adverse impacts on the environment, health and quality of life of the people living in the affected areas. Bauxite mining is not a new economic activity
Bauxite mining was banned fifteen days into 2016 due to concerns raised by locals over irresponsible mining methods and the pollution to Kuantans rivers, streams, ports, and roads, as well as health complaints in the area due to the dust it raised. Initially only scheduled to last for six months, the ban has been extended several times since. The latest extension runs through the end of
22/12/2016#0183;#32;A durian orchard remains untouched in an area exploited by bauxite mining companies in Kuantan, Malaysia, February 16, 2016. Picture taken February 16, 2016. REUTERS/Olivia Harris/Files. More. KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) Malaysia on Thursday extended a moratorium on bauxite mining by three months, from the start of 2017, to allow remaining stockpiles of the aluminiummaking
04/08/2017#0183;#32;It is learnt that the locations raided included the Kuantan port office, the customs office, the homes of suspects and several companies believed to be linked to the illegal mining activities.
Malaysia was once the biggest bauxite supplier to top buyer China, with shipments peaking at nearly million tonnes a month at end2015. But all bauxite mining was banned early in 2016 after