KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 4 — The Perikatan Nasional government may review the directive to halt all research and development plans related to waste produced by Lynas Corporation’s rare earth mining, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Khairy Jamaluddin told Parliament today.

The review committee appointed by the Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Ministry (Mestecc) did not suggest that any increase in the concentration of heavy metals in groundwater was due to operations by Lynas Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Lynas).