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We invite you to join AidWatch in a co-hosted live webinar on Wednesday 19 August at 8PM AEST with BDS Malaysia and the Yes to Life No to Mining global solidarity network.
Join us to discuss and trace the imperial powers behind Australian-owned Lynas Rare Earth and the communities who have refused to accept the toxic legacy left in their name.
Wednesday 19th August · 8pm AEST/6pm Malaysia
Behind the marketing sits a mine and an unreliable processing plant in Western Australia, an operational plant in Kuantan, Malaysia, and a supply chain bankrolled by the U.S. Department of War alongside the Japanese and Australian governments.
Rare earths don’t just power the energy transition, they power advanced weapons systems. Lynas sits exactly where militarism and extraction meet.
In Kuantan, close to two million tonnes of radioactive waste and millions of tonnes of hazardous waste sit in a monsoon-prone peat swamp, separated from the surrounding land by a thin plastic membrane.
Lynas’s own consultants judged the site safe for just twenty years. The waste stays hazardous for tens of thousands of years.
Lynas has no social licence to operate.
Safety standards sit below international norms. Oversight has been stripped away and tax exemptions handed out, while a foreign, military-linked project operates with impunity.
And yet, since 2011, community resistance has been continuous, challenging the greenwashing, the violations, and the idea that any company has the right to poison a place in perpetuity.
For updates check the registration link, or the AidWatch event.
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