“The pressure is already there, from Malaysian states and investors,” deputy natural resources and environmental sustainability minister Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh told Bloomberg News in an interview. Malaysia already plays an important global role as host to the expanding refinery of Australia’s Lynas Rare Earths Ltd, one of only two major producers outside China. That facility is currently fed with ore from Australia, but there’s growing interest, including from Lynas, in Malaysia’s untapped rare earths minerals. “If China wants to share the technology, it would be a win-win for all of us,” Syed Ibrahim said. The nation has 16.1 million tonnes of “inferred reserves” of rare earths, Syed Ibrahim said.