Perak awaiting ministries' decisions before rare earth mining - MB

The Perak state government is waiting for and studying the decisions by various ministries before beginning rare earth mining in the state.

“We are thinking of building mainstream factories or in the upstream.

“We might not sell it in its raw form but will build many factories so there will be more jobs,” he said at a media conference after the first-year anniversary of the Perak Sejahtera 2030 plan at the Ipoh Convention Centre yesterday.

He added that the state government wants to highlight the benefits of rare earth mining in the Perak Sejahtera 2030 plan.

In a response to Perak opposition leader Razman Zakaria’s statement reminding the menteri besar of his stand of not selling water to Penang, Saarani (above) said the decision was based on the current situation.

“We will sell to whoever wants to buy and sell at a suitable price…

“We did not agree previously to sell as they asked for raw water and to process it over there and sell it back to us. We want to process it in the state and sell it to them.

“If we have a surplus in the state, people want to buy and it generates income, why not? If Kelantan wants to buy, we will sell, as long as they pay,” he added.

- Bernama