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DOE: Possible 'technical error' in Perak rare earth mining confusion
The Department of Environment (DOE) confirmed that lanthanide mining in the Kenderong Forest Reserve in Hulu Perak has received the green light, despite protests by an environmental group over the project's potential ecological damage and danger to threatened wildlife species.
DOE director-general Wan Abdul Latiff Wan Jaafar (above) confirmed this when contacted today. 
This contradicts the department's environmental impact assessment (EIA) portal which...

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