2015–16 Kuantan bauxite disaster

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 lane of Kuantan highway where the lorries carrying bauxite which also spread to waters around the district, causing the environment to turned red as a result from unregulated mining activities that posed health hazards to both mine workers and the district surrounding communities lived along the mine routes.

2015–16 Kuantan bauxite disaster

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 lane of Kuantan highway where the lorries carrying bauxite which also spread to waters around the district, causing the environment to turned red as a result from unregulated mining activities that posed health hazards to both mine workers and the district surrounding communities lived along the mine routes.