SAM calls on DOE to reject proposed Hulu Perak in-situ lanthanide mining project

IPOH: Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) has called on the Environment Department (DOE) to reject a proposed lanthanide mining project at Kenering in Hulu Perak.

A SAM spokesman said such mining activity, which involved in-situ leaching, could lead to serious environmental degradation and destruction.