Enrichment of arsenic, lead, and antimony in Balingian coal from Sarawak, Malaysia: Modes of occurrence, origin, and partitioning behaviour during coal combustion

► The Balingian Coal from Sarawak, Malaysia, is highly enriched in As, Pb and Sb. ► They are both organically associated and are bound with clay minerals in the coal. ► These elements vaporized and released into the atmosphere during coal combustion. ► The enrichment may be related to the nearby Sb-As mineralization.