"There was speculation that Lynas was trying to have the...

"There was speculation that Lynas was trying to have the condition removed as far back as May, but back then the AELB denied it had received any application."

Reads like click-bait, nothing more.

Quite sure Lynas appealed the minute they knew they could and how. How fast do your politicians move when confronted with a situation like this? Many reasons to believe there was Chinese influence behind the Malaysian anti-Lynas movements. Just recently the Chinese were found to be involved with disinformation campaign against Lynas. This same kind of market manipulation is a constant pressure from their side against ours. We do not know what the US or the EU is doing is response. Constantly whining for sure.

You are being, at the least, unnecessarily alarming without any evidence whatsoever. This is not evidence. There is no evidence. There is not even good hearsay. Someone "speculated"...smh. If that's what you worry about, small wonder if others take your money and make you sour.