Australia meetings to negotiate Lynas waste removal postponed, says ministry spokesman


Julia Yeow

The question of the radioactive waste removal could stand in the way of the Australia-listed Lynas' renewal of the operating licence for its processing plant in Kuantan. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 20, 2019.

ENERGY, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin has deferred her trip to Western Australia, where she was expected to discuss rare earth miner Lynas Corp’s removal of radioactive waste from Malaysia, said a ministry spokesman.

The trip was scheduled for today, where Yeo was due to meet Western Australia Mnister for Mines Bill Johnston to discuss the state’s willingness to receive the waste.


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