Stricter rules on bauxite mining planned in Terengganu, Malaysia

Government of Terengganu, the sultanate and constitutive state of federal Malaysia, intends to be more stringent on bauxite mining to prevent environmental pollution, Menteri Besar Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman said recently. He said new conditions on mining permits would be announced after the state executive council had discussed and finalised them.

“Miners who flout the new rules will be severely dealt with,” he said after a lantern festival programme at Sura Gate here last night.

Ahmad Razif said bauxite mining was carried out on private land and enforcement was conducted round-the-clock, including against firms operating in Pahang that used and damaged roads in Terengganu and which had drawn the ire of the people.

“The new measures are necessary to curb pollution and prevent damage to roads. The state government is incurring costs from having to repair the damaged roads and through the enforcement activities,” he added.

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