lynas hat in ihrem antrag geschrieben, dass man systemkritische produkte fuer malaysia herstellen wuerde. diese meinung teilt die regierung nicht!!! man will in den kommenden 5 tagen eine entscheidung mitteilen. der lockdown gilt in malaysia bis 28. april.
UPDATE 2-Malaysia considers rare earths firm Lynas's request to operate in lockdown
(Recasts with comments from Malaysian government)
April 15 (Reuters) - Malaysia will decide within five days
whether to allow rare earths miner Lynas Corp Ltd to operate its
processing plant during the country's partial lockdown that runs
until April 28, the industry ministry told Reuters on Wednesday.
Australian company Lynas , the world's largest rare
earths producer outside China, said earlier it had applied to
the Malaysian government for "critical industry" status as its
products are essential to the supply chains of key industries in
the country, including medical devices. Its shares rose on news
of the request. [nL3N2C3063]
Malaysia's Ministry of International Trade and Industry has
not classified rare earths among essential businesses allowed to
operate with certain conditions during the restrictions imposed
to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Still, it is considering Lynas's request, the ministry told
Reuters. "All applications by companies will be evaluated and
results will be given within five days," it added.
Lynas's Mt Weld mine in Australia has been running with only
essential staff and its Malaysian processing plant shuttered on
March 23, days after the government announced restrictions on
movement and non-essential business, which have now been
extended to April 28. [nL3N2BY1N7][nL3N2AR5YK]
Lynas produced 4,465 tonnes of rare earths oxides in the
quarter ended March 31, compared with 5,444 tonnes last year.
Sales revenue tumbled 10% to A$91.2 million ($58.69 million).
However, strong demand from customers in Japan, Europe and
the United States helped it reduce reliance on China for sales
of the elements used in everything from iPhones to military
equipment, Lynas said.
Production of Neodymium Praseodymium or NdPr, used to make
high-strength permanent magnets found in ventilators, computers
and wind turbines, fell 14% to 1,369 tonnes. Demand concerns
from the virus crisis have also hit NdPr prices, Lynas said.
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