Field sampling was carried out within the Pengerang bauxite mining areas, including mine tailings, ex-mining pond and streams. Distribution of heavy metals (Al, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Pb, Sr, Zn) and metalloid such as As ... production of many industrial goods, whereby the Al content could be about 12 to 25% in bauxite ore (Paramananthan, 1977 ...