page_title: Mining in Malaysia
section_title: Environmental restoration
hierarchical_section_title: Mining in Malaysia / Environmental restoration
caption_attribution_description: Malaysia, Perak, Taiping Lake Gardens.
context_page_description: Mining is one of the main industries in Malaysia. Malaysia produces aggregate, bauxite, clay, coal, copper, feldspar, gold, gravel, ilmenite, iron ore, kaolin, limestone, mica, monazite, sand, silica sand, struverite and tin.
context_section_description: The Government of Malaysia had initiated research for the development of agriculture and aquaculture in former mining lands. Some of the restored areas from mining activities have also been converted into public houses or tourist attractions, such as:
  Mines Wellness City
  Sunway Lagoon
  Taiping Lake Gardens
  Titiwangsa Lake Gardens
  Bukit Merah Laketown Resort
caption: Former mine which has been converted into a lake garden in Perak.
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