It shook up the global nickel industry, and since then, the hills and rainforests surrounding Sulawesi's coastline have been razed for new nickel mines and processing facilities. For Indonesia ...
According to the International Nickel Study Group, Indonesia's share of global nickel exports surged from 20% in 2015 to 80% in 2020. The export value of nickel-related commodities, particularly stainless steel, ferronickel, and battery materials, soared from US$6 billion in 2013 to US$30 billion in 2022.
Our Founder Daniel Radziszewski spoke at Day 1 of Indonesia Critical Mineral Conference 2024 on 11 June, sharing his insights on the role of #criticalminerals in the energy transition and the need ...
After a decade at the heart of power, Luhut Panjaitan, the 77-year-old fixer who championed so many of outgoing President Joko Widodo's key industrial policies, says he is ready to step aside.
As Ernest says, the nickel story is an Indonesian story. In 2022, global production of nickel hit approximately 3.3 million tons. And fully half of that came from Indonesia.
ASIATODAY.ID, KOLAKA – The nickel industry in Indonesia has shown its commitment to implementing the energy transition in order to achieve the 2060 Net Zero Emission (NZE) target. This is in line with the commodity downstreaming program initiated by the Indonesian government led by President Prabowo Subianto.
MDKA Establishes Indonesia's First AIM Processing Facility, Advancing Mineral Downstreaming and Conservation ... The impact of nickel downstreaming, North Maluku's economy increases 19 percent ... With digital media news centred on Minerals and Coal project updates and operational technology and Intelligent Directory our platform will create ...
This study investigates the possible environmental and human health impacts of Indonesia's nickel, gold, copper, tin, and bauxite mining and processing industries. This study utilizes the latest version of the OpenLCA software, version 2.0, in combination with the Ecoinvent 3.8 database. ... Open-pit mining, critical mineral processing, and ...
Indonesia produced an estimated 40.2% of the world's nickel in 2023, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data. Nickel markets now have ample supply, and some miners of higher-cost nickel sulfide ores, which had …
Prior to 2019, when Indonesia's government proposed a full export ban of raw nickel ore – finalized the following year, during the pandemic – raw nickel ore extracted in Indonesia was directly exported to foreign countries, with 90% going to China, whose robust supply chain could power their economy through manufacturing innovative technology and …
Indonesia's foreign direct investment surged 44.2% on a yearly basis in 2022, with the base metals sector drawing in the biggest inflows, the investment minister said on Tuesday, noting 2023 would ...
In its final report, the dispute panel decided that the Indonesia's government policy regarding export obligations to process and refine nickel minerals in Indonesia was proven to violate the WTO provisions in Article XI.1 GATT 1994 stating that each WTO member country is prohibited from imposing restrictions other than duties, taxes or other ...
Global demand for nickel is set to increase dramatically over the next 20 years. Against this backdrop, Altilium Group today announced an agreement with PT Indo Mineral Research, a member of the Sebuku Group, …
Stellantis is in talks with Vale and China's Huayou Cobalt to invest in a nickel smelter in Indonesia and secure supplies of the battery metal critical to its electric vehicle …
In 2019, Indonesia implemented a full export ban of raw nickel ore, with the president encouraging foreign direct investment to help develop smelters and processing facilities in the country. This prompted Chinese companies to invest about $30 billion in critical minerals-processing facilities, allowing Indonesia to use this tech and capital to ...
Indonesia has emerged as a global nickel hub after former President Joko Widodo, known as Jokowi, attracted billions of dollars of Chinese investment into "downstreaming," or adding domestic capabilities to process raw ore into higher-grade nickel, over the last decade after Indonesia put in place a ban on exports of raw minerals. These ...
In just four years, Indonesia's nickel industry has undergone a transformation — becoming a pivotal supplier of the commodity critical to electric vehicle batteries. But, as its …
Based on the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Mineral Commodity Summary data from 1994 to 2022, global nickel production tends to increase (Fig. 4).In 2014 and 2016, global nickel production experienced drastically decline, this was due to: 1) Decreasing global nickel demand (Stepan 2015); 2) The implementation of nickel ore export ban by the …
A deal with Stellantis could help Indonesia's image as it battles mounting accusations that it produces "dirty" nickel due to its use of coal-fired power plants for mineral processing.
Indonesia is now the world's dominant supplier of the metal, following a boom triggered by President Joko Widodo's ban on exports of raw nickel ore, in a bid to force foreign businesses to invest in the country and set up domestic processing plants.
Table 1-5. Production and Planned Processing of Copper in Indonesia (kt) 12 Table 1-6. Copper Processing Chain 13 Table 1-7. Production and Planned Processing of Nickel Ore in the Indonesian Nickel Industry (kt) 17 Table 1-8. Nickel Processing Chain 18 Table 2-1. Welfare Impact in Scenario 1: No Increase in Processing Capacity (USD 000) 36 ...
The Indonesian government's policy to ban raw nickel ore exports from January 2020 was a game changer, driving significant investments in downstream processing industries.
Indonesia is managing the amount of nickel ore its miners produce in order to balance supply and demand, a government minister said. "We need to maintain supply and demand balance," Bahlil Lahadalia, minister for energy and mineral resources, said at a media briefing in Jakarta on Friday.
After Indonesia banned exports of nickel in 2020, to build its domestic nickel refining sector, China's NPI producers started building processing capacity in Indonesia itself. China's nickel matte imports have exploded from 10,8000 tons in 2020 to 300,500 tons in 2023, with Indonesia accounting for 93% of the total.
Before the enactment of Law No. 4 of 2009, only a limited number of metal ore minerals were subject to processing and refining in Indonesia. For instance, nickel ore was …
Altilium Group today announced an agreement with PT Indo Mineral Research, a member of the Sebuku Group, one of Indonesia's largest mining groups, to co-operate in the development and promotion of the DNi Process™ in Indonesia, the country with the world's largest reserves of nickel.
Indonesia has a significant potential for nickel-bearing formations that cover up to 2 million hectares, according to the Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM). However, only 800,000 hectares of this area have been explored, and mining permits (IUP) have been granted.
This domination strategy has been carefully planned by Indonesia as it looks to boost its downstream industrial policy in critical minerals processing with the backing of Chinese investments. Since 2014, there has been strategic planning by Jakarta in how it would onshore the added value of nickel supply chains.
The combination of nickel and cobalt positions Indonesia as a strategically important player in the global technology supply chain. Indonesia holds about 20% of the …
Indonesia holds about 20% of the world's total nickel reserves, followed by Australia and Russia. This advantage makes Indonesia a key player in the global market. In recent years, Indonesia's nickel production has seen a significant increase, making it one of the largest nickel processing countries after China.
A total of 21% of the world's nickel reserves are located in Indonesia. The nickel resources owned by Indonesia amount to 17.7 billion tons of ore or 177.8 million tons of metal, with reserves ...
His assignments have included work on gold/silver, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, molybdenum, graphite, tin, tungsten, phosphate, uranium, lithium, scandium, mineral sands and coal. He established MPC in February 1989 to provide quality contract and consulting services to the mining industry.
Further complicating matters, in order to process nickel into purified, high-quality inputs for batteries, Indonesia has rapidly increased coal power capacity to supply energy to the industry.
In May, the Albanese Government pledged A$10.2m ($7.03m) to develop critical mineral processing facilities, and A$5.8m for a critical minerals trade enhancement initiative. At the same time, the government announced a Future Made in Australia package worth A$22.7bn, with around A$7bn of this to go to the downstream refining and processing of 31 ...
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 …