The pressure is already there, from Malaysian states and investors, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh told Bloomberg News in an interview. "The pressure is already there, from Malaysian states and investors," Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability 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. Neighboring Indonesia, which has used export restrictions to build up its domestic metals industries, sometimes allowed companies to keep shipping some raw materials on the condition they meet targets for investments in downstream plants.