Silica Valley to provide 1,000 jobs

Terengganu to be Southeast Asia’s biggest silica producer

THE unique Silica Valley project in Terengganu is expected to attract RM1.2 billion in local and foreign investments.

The project, on a 1,800ha site in Marang and Setiu, will have centralised silica and silica-related industries.

This will be developed by TRG Industrial Minerals Sdn Bhd (TIM) through a collaboration with international companies from Japan, India and France which will be known as TIM Konsortium.

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Source: New Straits Times Online

Published on: 21 February 2012