Company says non-radioactive waste can replace gypsum, but doesn't touch upon reported risks such as elevated heavy metal levels.
Lynas Malaysia today touted the potential commercialisation of its neutralisation underflow residue waste, including its application as a soil ameliorant to enhance crop productivity and construction.
Lynas Malaysia general manager Ismail Bahari, in a statement today, said Lynas' NUF is"magnesium-rich synthetic gypsum which is non-radioactive, non-toxic and non-hazardous and is chemically equivalent to the material which is imported into Malaysia". "Research and development have identified various applications for NUF and Lynas have been approached by companies in Malaysia regarding commercial use of the NUF material," it said.
"It is therefore timely to ask why we are importing significant quantities of gypsum material when it is produced locally by Lynas," said Ismail.Lynas’ rare-earth processing plant in Gebeng, Kuantan produces two kinds of waste, namely radioactive water leach purification residue and non-radioactive NUF.
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