I love it when people try to spin. The CEO of Lynas pleaded with our new government on the review of the project in Malaysia. IF the operations result in zero harm to the people, the communities and environment... then you should have no problem dumping the waste or processing the waste in Australia. I mean, the land area is many x the size of Malaysia... and I am certain the desert area land price would be cheaper than in Kuantan.All that plus you have to ship the waste to Malaysia, you can save so much on logistics. So I can only surmise that either its too costly to hire Australians or you want the lowly paid Malaysian workers or foreign workers OR the present regulations in Australia would have made it insurmountable (in terms of cost for safeguarding the project or that the rules totally forbade the existence of such a project).
What makes you think Malaysians deserve to have the project that Australia has definitely rejected. I don't think we are that desperate for jobs.
Salam sejahtera,
My name is Amanda Lacaze. I am the CEO of Lynas and I am writing this letter on behalf of our employees and their families, our contractors, and our hundreds of large and small suppliers.
I am taking this step of writing to you to encourage fairness, objectivity and transparency in any review of Lynas Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
Lynas Malaysia has been producing high quality rare earth materials at our Gebeng plant for six years. Our operations are built on a zero-harm philosophy – zero harm to our people, zero harm to our communities and zero harm to our environment. Independent monitoring confirms we have achieved this. We are compliant with our licence conditions and we work closely with the Malaysian regulators to identify ways to continuously improve our operations.
Through Lynas, Malaysia has gained a significant international profile as a centre of excellence for rare earths production. As the only miner and producer of rare earth products outside China, Lynas Malaysia is an important supplier to many industries including the automotive, electronics, oil and gas and renewable energy industries. Our key customers are in Japan, Europe and North America, all important trading partners of Malaysia.
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