Silica mining: YS awaiting EIA report

5 Sep 2020 • 9:41 AM MYT
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Kota Kinabalu:

All environmental requirements will be complied before extraction works commence in a silica mining project on Pulau Balambangan off Kudat, said Yayasan Sabah, in response to a portal report that the project had started without environmental considerations.

The foundation was responding to a MalaysiaKini report titled “Groups Alarmed Mining Project on Sabah ‘Heritage’ Island Starts Without EIA.”

Yayasan Sabah Director Datuk Jamalul Kiram Mohd Zakaria in a statement said an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) consultant was appointed in February 2020 but the study was delayed due to the Movement Control Order (MCO).

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