tol issue tuesday, page-9

Emerson being interviewed just after TOL was issued,

"EMERSON: The Lynas project is of course not subject to the free trade agreement negotiations, and I know you're not suggesting it is. It has now been thoroughly assessed by the relevant independent authorities in Malaysia and has been given the go-ahead, subject of course to the strictest environmental safeguards. So that's a major new investment from Australia into Malaysia, part of that economic integration story that I was just describing. In respect of the free trade agreement negotiations, I've just come back from Malaysia and working with my counterpart and good friend, the Malaysian Trade Minister Mustapa, we're now aiming to complete the negotiations in March of this year. Thereafter there would be — subject to the successful completion of those negotiations — some scrubbing of the text to make sure it's all sound in legal terms, and then we're aiming for a signed agreement in around May of this year."

http://www.trademinister.gov.au/transcripts/2012/ce_tr_120202.

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/342514/20120518/rare-earths-malaysia-lynas-corp-manufacturing.htm