Environmental impact assessment for Malyasian bauxite mining industry

• Main Authors: Periaiah, Nagendran, Islam, Rafikul, Abdullah, Muhammad Faris
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Creative Decisions Foundation 2021
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/90756/7/90756_Environmental%20impact%20assessment%20for%20Malyasian%20bauxite%20mining%20industry_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/90756/8/90756_Environmental%20impact%20assessment%20for%20Malyasian%20bauxite%20mining%20industry.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/90756/; https://ijahp.org/index.php/IJAHP/issue/view/37; https://doi.org/10.13033/ijahp.v13i1.851

Mining industry plays an important role in the economic development of Malaysia. However, uncontrolled mining activities have caused serious environmental impacts. In the recent case of bauxite mining in Kuantan, state of Pahang, fifteen kilometres of Pahang’s coastline were stained with red arsenic...