The environmental impact assessment (EIA) report for a proposal to increase production at the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant in Gebeng, Pahang, has been put on public display.
The proposal calls for the processing of lanthanide concentrate to be increased from 95,000 tonnes per year to 110,000 tonnes per year.
The expansion would also introduce a new feedstock into the rare earth refinery’s feedstock - 69,000 tonnes of mixed rare earth carbonate per year that had already undergone processing at Lynas’ facilities in Kalgoorlie, Australia.
The 770-page report, and its appendices, are on public display from today until May 9.
It can be viewed online - but not downloaded - upon registration at the Environment Department’s website.
The report can also be viewed at the Environment Department’s headquarters in Putrajaya and in Kuantan, as well as the Kuantan Municipal Council’s office.
Public feedback can be submitted through a link on the same website until May 24.
Lynas is the only significant producer of separated rare earth oxides outside China, as the country tightens controls on exports of the strategically critical minerals needed for various high-tech applications.
The report comes as Lynas plans to go beyond light rare earth elements and produce heavy rare earth elements like dysprosium, terbium, and samarium.
“This is ongoing, and we will have a full suite of extraction on this site,” Lynas chief operating officer Pol Le Roux reportedly told the AFP. - Mkini
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