26 Jun 2017 KUANTAN The Pahang government is agreeable to extending the moratorium on bauxite mining activates here until the next general election
Bauxite mining is not known to most Malaysian except recently due to environmental pollution issues in Kuantan Pahang Potential impacts are expected to go beyond physical environment and physical illness if the situation is not controlled Loss of economic potentials and the presence of unpleasant red dust causing nbsp
4 Jan 2016 Sungai Balok Pahang after heavy rainfall in the end December 2016 Dr Syed Abdul Khaliq Syed Abdul Hamid a paediatrician at Kuantan Hospital said he was seeing worsening cases of asthma in more than 10 children living near bauxite mining areas I have many patients in bauxite areas with very nbsp
4 Aug 2017 The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry along with its relevant agencies will step up integrated operations to enforce the moratorium over mining and bauxite exports in Kuantan Pahang Its minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the ministry would deploy officers from the Department of nbsp
2016 04 27 Kuala Lumpur Unregulated mining of bauxite in Kuantan of the Pahang state Malaysia started in early 2013 first on a small scale in Balok which later expanded to other areas around Kuantan The sudden surge in bauxite mining in Malaysia followed the banning of bauxite exports from Indonesia in January nbsp
10 Mac 2015 quot The Group 39 s foray into bauxite mining through its associated company SE Satu Sdn Bhd is a great success The Group 39 s venture has become a hugely profitable investment with profit after tax of RM4 5 million as of 2014 during the period under review The bauxite recovery rate was better than expected nbsp
The occurrence and potential ecological risk assessment of bauxite mine impacted water and sediments in Kuantan Pahang Malaysia Authors Potential ecological risk index was estimated to assess the degree to which sediments of the mine impacted areas have been contaminated with heavy metals The results nbsp
3 days ago Filepic BernamaKUANTAN The Pahang government is still faced with various problems relating to bauxite mining despite the federal government having imposed a moratorium on the activity Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob told the State Assembly today He said the problems included failure of nbsp
4 Jan 2016 KUALA LUMPUR Jan 4 2016 An environmental non governmental organisation has threatened to form a human blockade if the Pahang state government fails to stop bauxite mining activities by Jan 15 Pertubuhan Pelindung Khazanah Alam Peka Pahang chairman Khaidir Ahmad said the NGO would nbsp
6 Jan 2016 Malaysia today announced a three month ban on bauxite mining in its rural state of Pahang from mid January amid mounting concern over hazardous dust and He also said new measures would be put in place such as a better drainage system in the port at Pahang 39 s capital Kuantan to prevent bauxite nbsp
Bauxite mining has become a contentious issue in Kuantan Pahang Since Indonesia stopped producing and exporting bauxite ores to China Malaysian miners take over the labor and later become the world‟s top producer beating China itself for nearly half of its ore supply In 2013 around 100 000 tonnes of bauxite are nbsp
WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF THE RIVERS IN BAUXITE MINING AREA AT KUANTAN PAHANG N Yaakub M N A Raoff M N Haris A A A Halim M K A Kamarudin nbsp
27 Mar 2017 Natural Resources and Environment Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said 2 15 million tonnes of bauxite still remained around Kuantan the port capital of key bauxite producing state Pahang from a total of 5 4 million tonnes before the moratorium was first imposed Malaysia 39 s largely unregulated nbsp
26 Jun 2017 KUANTAN The temporary moratorium on bauxite mining in Pahang that was to have been lifted at the end of this month will remain in force until the next general election said Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob
3 Apr 2017 Aggressive bauxite mining in Kuantan is expected to last till at least 2017 Despite the country 39 s long history of tin mining it was only very recently it scarcely registered on global markets as a source of bauxite Unregulated mining of bauxite ore in Kuantan Pahang is believed to have started since early nbsp
7 Sep 2016 The moratorium on bauxite mining activities in Kuantan Pahang which is to end this Sept 15 has been extended until Dec 31
19 Jan 2016 Amid the monotonous dark green lines of Malaysia 39 s endless palm oil plantations there are now vivid red gashes in the hills behind the east coast town of Kuantan These have appeared only in the past 18 months as a frenzy of open cast bauxite mining gripped Pahang province Tonnes of bauxite are nbsp
2 Aug 2017 KUALA LUMPUR Aug 2 Bauxite mining is still ongoing in Pahang despite Putrajaya 39 s order to suspend the activity from January 2016 Malay daily Berita Harian said its checks in Kuantan for Malaysia Malay Mail Online
15 Jan 2016 The mining boom has left layers of red dust coating roads to cars around Pahang 39 s capital Kuantan Locals in the town along Peninsular Malaysia 39 s east coast blame bauxite mining for turning parts of the sea and rivers red as well Health officials have warned of potential long term health risks deterring nbsp
Bauxite in Malaysia Monsoons could mean Mayhem As the monsoon season approaches in Malaysia a wave of anxiety larger than normal is washing over areas of Pahang used for bauxite mining Flooding is normally a big problem for the port city of Kuantan but the many open pit bauxite mines dug this year threaten to nbsp
The occurrence and potential ecological risk assessment of bauxite mine impacted water and sediments in Kuantan Pahang Malaysia Article · October 2016 with 282 Reads DOI 10 1007 s11356 016 7814 7 Cite this publication Faradiella Mohd Kusin at Universiti Putra Malaysia Faradiella Mohd Kusin 20 9 Universiti nbsp
15 Jan 2016 Push has finally come to shove in Malaysia 39 s Pahang state where the environmental crisis sparked by illegal bauxite mining in the state capital of Kuantan has prompted Najib Razak 39 s government to announce a moratorium on the entire industry The move currently slated to last three months but nbsp
The 2015–16 Kuantan Bauxite Disaster is an ecological disaster which occurred from 2015 to 2016 onwards in Kuantan District Pahang Malaysia The bauxite mining was blamed for turning the waters and seas red near Kuantan Contents hide 1 Background 2 Disaster 3 Cleanup 4 References Background edit
19 Jan 2016 Amid the monotonous dark green lines of Malaysia 39 s endless palm oil plantations there are now vivid red gashes in the hills behind the east coast town of Kuantan These have appeared only in the past 18 months as a frenzy of open cast bauxite mining gripped Pahang province Tonnes of bauxite are nbsp
One of the many bauxite mining operations in Kuantan Syndicated News Written by Syndicated News BENTONG January 8 2016 The Pahang government will introduce stricter rules on bauxite mining to ensure that it doesn 39 t cause problems or pollution The new rules will be drafted based on the results of the nbsp
4 Aug 2017 PETALING JAYA The Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission MACC today raided seven locations following investigations into illegal bauxite mining in Kuantan Pahang It is learnt that the locations raided included the Kuantan port office the customs office the homes of suspects and several companies nbsp
19 Aug 2017 KUANTAN The Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission 39 s MACC probe into illegal bauxite mining activities in the Pahang capital is expected to be completed soon
6 Jul 2017 Mining activity and truck deliveries of bauxite to port have ramped up since October according to Ibrahim a 50 year old resident of Kuantan Pahang where the bauxite is largely mined quot The bauxite goes out at irregular hours from day to night There are no fewer than 200 truck delivery trips a day from the nbsp