Bukti Australia juga ada Rare Earth (Nadir Bumi)

Puak2 anti LYNAS dok kata kerajaan Australia tak benarkan sisa rare earth (nadir bumi) disimpan di negara mereka sebab bahaya. Ok takpa. Ini, 35 km di selatan Laverton, barat Australia ni kemende?? Jamban? Mount Weld satu kawasan setempat yang paling kaya rare earth di dunia iaitu setakat ini telah digali 773,300 ton mineral. Laverton ini hanya 17 km dari Melbourne, salah satu bandar utama di Australia. Apa cerita ni? Saintis anti Lynas mana dok temberang ni? Bak kata pepatah Che Rosli pakar nuklear PAS, "SAYA PUN MALU".

 Mount Weld, the richest known deposit of Rare Earths in the world

Mount Weld

Mount Weld is located 35 kilometres south of Laverton, Western Australia. The initial mining campaign was successfully completed in June 2008 and was accomplished lost-time-injury free, on budget and ahead of schedule.

The campaign mined 773,300 tonnes of ore, with an average grade of 15.4% Rare Earths Oxide (REO).

The ore is stockpiled on-site according to grade and mineralogy. The Run-Of-Mine (ROM) pad has sufficient ore for more than two years of downstream processing operation.

During the campaign, approximately two million bulk cubic metres of overburden was mined, which has been placed on overburden stockpiles. Rehabilitation of the overburden stockpiles with top soil and revegetation has commenced.

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Meh kita tengok gambar kilang LYNAS kat Australia ini yang kononnya puak2 ANTI LYNAS dok kata tak wujud atau tutup kat Australia sebab kerajaan Australia tak benarkan kononnya bahaya. Gambar struktur kilang sama ja macam kat Malaysia. Pada tahun lepas bulan December 2011, kilang ini dah berjaya meningkatkan produksi sehingga 15 dry ton setiap jam, wow! Aku konfius kalau LYNAS dikatakan terlalu bahaya di Australia sebab radiasi kononnya, tapi apasal LYNAS Australia terus tingkatkan produksi dan operasi seperti biasa tanpa halangan?? Jeng Jeng Jeng, ada pakar saintis anti lynas kat sini boleh jawab??

 Floatation Section viewed from Ball Mill area at the Concentration Plant

Concentration Plant

Following the commissioning of the Concentration Plant in May 2011, the plant continued to ramp up and is performing ahead of expectations.

The Concentration Plant continues to ramp up, with nameplate throughput of 15 dry tonnes per hour being reached frequently during the month of December 2011.  In the same month, REO recoveries was 71.7%against a planned 65% recovery rate.  At the end of Q4 2011, 6,059 dry metric tonnes of concentrate containing 2,188 tonnes of REO were bagged on site, ready to be transported.

(Refer here)

 Pictures are from - Lynas Corp.com