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  2. Mining in Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    Tin mining is one of the earliest type of mining operated in Malaysia, starting in the 1820s in Perak and in 1824 in Selangor. [1] The development of mining industries in Malaysia attracted many Chinese immigrants who came to the state in 18th and 19th centuries to work and develop the mines. [2] The majority of Malayan tin mined prior to the ...

  3. Mamut Mine - Wikipedia

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    Mamut Copper Mining Sdn Bhd. Mamut Mine ( Malay: Lombong Mamut) is an abandoned open-pit quarry mine located in the Ranau District of Sabah, Malaysia where from 1975 to 1999 various minerals primarily copper including some gold and silver were mined. The mine is known as Malaysia's only copper mine.

  4. Kinta Valley - Wikipedia

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    The Kinta Valley is a conurbation in central Perak, Malaysia, surrounding and including the state capital Ipoh. Historically the Kinta Valley was very rich in tin, and their mines have been among the most productive in the world. The valley is formed by the Kinta River, a tributary of the Perak River, which flows between the Titiwangsa and ...

  5. 2015–16 Kuantan bauxite disaster - Wikipedia

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    Outcome. 34 contractors licence revoked, moratorium and ban on bauxite mining in the area until 2019. The 2015–16 Kuantan bauxite disaster is an ecological disaster which occurred from 2015 to 2016 onwards in Kuantan District of Pahang in Malaysia. The unscrupulous bauxite mining was blamed for causing soil pollution particularly along the ...

  6. Sungai Lembing - Wikipedia

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    Sungai Lembing is a small town in Kuantan District, Pahang, Malaysia.It is about 42 km (26 miles) northwest of Kuantan. [6] The town was founded in the 1900s as a tin mining community when the British company Pahang Consolidated Company Limited (PCCL) set up the tin mining industry there after mining activities had begun in 1886.

  7. Pantai Remis landslide - Wikipedia

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    The Pantai Remis landslide was a rock fall and flood that occurred on 21 October 1993, near Pantai Remis in Perak, Malaysia. The landslide took place in an abandoned open cast tin mine (in a region of the state well known for its tin mining industry [1]) close to the Strait of Malacca. Video footage shows the rapid collapse of the working face ...

  8. Fraser's Hill - Wikipedia

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    Fraser's Hill is a hill resort located on the Titiwangsa Ridge in Raub District, Pahang, Malaysia. It is about 100 km (62 mi) north of Kuala Lumpur. [ 6 ] In 1890, Louis James Fraser established the area as a tin mining community known as Pamah Lebar when he discovered rich tin deposits and opened a tin mining facility.

  9. Category:Mining in Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    T. Toh Allang Chinese Tin Ltd. Categories: Mining by country. Mining in Asia by country. Geology of Malaysia. Industry in Malaysia. Hidden category: Commons category link from Wikidata.