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'The Opec of nickel': Indonesia's control of a critical metal

Today, Bahodopi is home to the world's largest nickel processing site: Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park. Majority owned by China's Tsingshan, the park spans over 4,000 …

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Ford partners Vale, Huayou on $4.5bn nickel plant in Indonesia

US automaker Ford Motor has agreed to join PT Vale Indonesia and China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt for the development of the $4.5bn nickel processing plant in Indonesia.. Expected to be commissioned in 2026, the Pomalaa Block High-Pressure Acid Leaching (HPAL) plant will be built in Pomalaa in South-East Sulawesi, where Vale operates the Pomalaa Block …

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Indonesia's nickel companies: The need for renewable …

The Indonesian government banned the export of all unprocessed nickel ore in 2020, however the processing of nickel for use in electric vehicle (EV) batteries comes with a significant environmental and carbon footprint. …

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The five largest nickel mines in operation in Indonesia

4. PT Huayue Nickel Cobalt Project. The PT Huayue Nickel Cobalt Project, owned by Huayou Cobalt, is mine located in Central Sulawesi. The mine produced an estimated 42 thousand tonnes of nickel in 2023. Buy the profile here. 5. Pakal Island Mine. Owned by Mining Industry Indonesia, the Pakal Island Mine is a surface mine located in North Maluku.

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GEM, PT Vale Indonesia partner for $1.4bn nickel HPAL project

Chinese battery metal producer GEM has signed a project investment cooperation framework agreement with PT Vale Indonesia, the Indonesian unit of the Brazilian mining company Vale, to establish a high-pressure acid leach (HPAL) facility in the central Sulawesi province of Indonesia. The $1.4bn nickel processing facility is designed to produce ...

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S.Korea's LG Energy Solution launches nickel processing plants in Indonesia

South Korea's LG Energy Solution (LGES) on Wednesday broke ground on nickel processing plants in Indonesia, part of the company's $9.8 billion investment in the country to produce electric vehicle ...

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China-backed $3 billion Indonesia nickel smelter risks shutdown

Global nickel prices have almost halved since the end of 2022 as booming Indonesian production forced mines and plants elsewhere to shutdown. ... investors in Indonesia's nickel smelting ...

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Modeling milkfish farming in the land around the nickel-processing

This research was conducted on milkfish farmers who carry out aquaculture around a rapidly growing nickel-processing factory in North Konawe Regency, intending to determine the milkfish farming model in the North Konawe District, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. The study was conducted in North Konawe District. The sample was determined by …

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China's dominance in Indonesian nickel mining challenges the West

In Indonesia, many foreign companies cooperate with Chinese companies. For example, Ford and Vale are collaborating with a cobalt mining company, Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt to build a nickel processing plant in Sulawesi; and Posco, a Korean iron mining company, collaborated with an iron mining company, Ningbo Richin, to build a nickel-processing plant.

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Indonesian nickel producer to build US$1.8bil plant | FMT

The plant will be built in Sulawesi’s Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park, one of the biggest nickel production centres in Southeast Asia.

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Indonesian Nickel Producer to Build $1.8 Billion Plant

An Indonesian nickel producer has announced plans for a $1.8 billion plant as Southeast Asia's biggest economy tries to boost domestic processing and refining capacity for …

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Facing increasing pressure from customers, some miners are …

A worker in a protective suit pokes a metal rod to tap slag from a smelting furnace at PT Vale Indonesia's nickel processing plant in Sorowako, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. As demand for materials needed for batteries, solar panels and other components vital for cutting global emissions rises, carbon emissions by miners ...

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Ultimate Indonesia Nickel HPAL Plant 2025 | EV Battery Revolution

Indonesia's Merdeka Battery nickel HPAL plant is not merely a single project but a strategic launchpad for the nation's bold ambitions in advanced battery material processing. With far-reaching implications for the electric vehicle manufacturing sector, the plant embodies a transformative shift in how Indonesia engages with the global green ...

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Nickel in Indonesia

According to GlobalData, Indonesia is the world's largest producer of nickel in 2023, with output up by 21% on 2022. Over the five years to 2022, production from Indonesia …

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The death toll rises to 18 in a furnace explosion at a Chinese …

A smelting furnace has exploded at the Chinese-owned nickel plant on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing a number of workers and injuring dozens of others. The explosion on Sunday was the latest of a series of deadly accidents in nickel smelting plants in Indonesia that are part of China's ambitious transnational development program known ...

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The future of nickel in Indonesia: A 2024 forecast

Explore the environmental and social considerations shaping nickel in Indonesia's landscape in 2024. Explore industry trends and key players. ... Vale mines high-grade nickel ore or saprolite for its nickel matte plant in Sorowako. In the future, Vale will also mine low-grade nickel ore or limonite for further processing into MHP products. As ...

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Indonesia's Chinese-Funded Nickel Industry Is Moving With …

In January 2023, fatal accidents at a nickel processing plant in North Morowali, a few hours from IMIP, sparked a strike that degenerated into a race riot in which two workers—one Indonesian and ...

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'The Opec of nickel': Indonesia's control of a critical metal

European governments have accused Indonesia of using excessive protectionism, while Indonesian nickel has been criticised for being "dirty" due to deforestation and the use of coal-fired ...

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Merdeka Battery to build nickel processing plant | The Star

PT Merdeka Battery Materials Tbk (MBM), the nickel processing unit of miner PT Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk, has signed an agreement to build a high-pressure acid leach …

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The Long Road to Creating Added Value for Nickel in …

The production result in the form of nickel sulfate at the nickel smelting (smelter) plant with High Pressure Acid Leaching (HPAL) technology in the mining and nickel processing area of Harita Nickel Group located on Obi …

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Obi HPAL Nickel-Cobalt Project, North Maluku Province, Indonesia

The nickel-cobalt processing and refining plant is being developed by Halmahera Persada Lygend, a joint venture between Indonesia's Harita Group and China's Ningbo Lygend. Halmahera Persada Lygend received all key permits for the £822m ($1.bn) project by January 2019, while the construction works on the project were already started in ...

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Indonesia nickel plant explosion death toll rises to 18

JAKARTA – The death toll after an explosion at a Chinese-funded nickel-processing plant in eastern Indonesia over the weekend has risen to 18 with dozens still being treated in hospital, a ...

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Indonesia nearly has a monopoly on nickel. What next?

The nickel-smelting boom has led to even more burning; many of the new industrial parks have dedicated coal plants on-site. Indonesia will probably develop some sort of EV supply chain thanks to ...

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Hydrometallurgical nickel and cobalt plants and processes

nickel powder can also be produced in autoclaves by using hydrogen reduction technology. The new Outotec anode-in-a-bag technology for nickel electrowinning offers an environmentally friendly electrowinning process by significantly reducing nickel emissions and notably improving working conditions for operators. This technology also

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"Around the Nickel World in Eighty Days": A Virtual Tour

The Ambatovy nickel plant was completed in 2011, based on Sherritt's hydrometallurgical process, and started its first production in 2012, achieving commercial production in 2014. From the mine, the slurried laterite ore is delivered via pipeline to the processing plant.

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PT Vale Indonesia set to launch nickel plant in Southeast …

PT Vale Indonesia (INCO) is setting its sights on operationalizing its nickel processing plant in Pomalaa, Southeast Sulawesi by 2026 as part of the company's strategy to expand its nickel processing capabilities in Indonesia, fueled by growing global demand for nickel in electric vehicle batteries.

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Indonesia Has the Largest Nickel Sulfate Plant in the World, …

Indonesia Has the Largest Nickel Sulfate Plant in the World, Here's the Owner. 02 June 2023. Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - As the largest nickel "treasure" owner in the world, Indonesia should now also be proud to have the largest nickel plant in the world.. This world's largest nickel plant produces nickel sulfate which is a key material that makes up electric …

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Indonesia's Nickel Industrial Strategy

Indonesia's first plant to process nickel for use in batteries was commissioned in May 2021, with at least seven more projects in the pipeline. The progress of these high-pressure acid leaching (HPAL) projects will be key to future battery-grade nickel supply, at least in the near term. Analysis. Vision

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Nickel, forests and fishers: a story from Sulawesi | IUCN NL

A view of nickel processing plant operated by Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) on October 26, 2023 in Morowali, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Chinese workers from PT Obsidian Stainless Steel who come to a makeshift market or to eat at the Chinese restaurant on the roadside in front of the smelter after their shift in Konawe Regency ...

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Massive Nickel Plant in Pomalaa Set for Completion …

The Pomalaa nickel smelter is targeted to handle up to 120,000 tons of production. Vale has three significant smelter projects to build: the High Pressure Acid Leach (HPAL) project in Pomalaa, Southeast Sulawesi, the …

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