Reviving the once lucrative tin mining industry would come at a great cost, government warned.
A disused dredger in Batu Gajah, Perak, once used for tin mining, now a tourist attraction.
The plan to revive tin mining was announced by Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr Xavier Jayakumar, who cited large deposits of tin after more than four decades of the mining industry’s decline. Malaysia was once the largest tin producer in the world, but the industry began to decline by the early 80s due to falling prices as well as competition from South America. Currently, only one company is believed to be involved in large-scale tin mining in Perak, which once had the greatest concentration of the mineral.
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