From Nickel to Deforestation | Pulitzer Center
A truck transports nickel ore at the Oti Eya Abadi mine site, Morowali, Central Sulawesi on December 20. Image by Erwan Hermawan. Indonesia, 2021. ... According to data from China Customs, some 4 million tons of nickel ore from Indonesia entered the country's ports from 2020 to 2021. The transaction is valued at US$ 236 …
Indonesia's uncertain climb up the nickel value …
This culminated in 2020 with the implementation of a complete export ban on nickel ore. The government was confident in implementing policies in the nickel sector because Indonesia was …
The promise of nickel: Power and prosperity in Indonesia
Indonesia, Australia, and the Philippines are the world's largest nickel producers. Indonesia's nickel production has nearly tripled since 2020, and the country now accounts for more than 50% of ...
Indonesia's nickel surge bad news for price and pricing
The country's mines lifted output by 41% year-on-year in the first seven months of 2022, according to the International Nickel Study Group. Year-to-date production of 814,000 tonnes accounted for ...
Indonesia: Five Largest Nickel Mines in 2021
Sorowako Mine in South Sulawesi, was the largest nickel-producing mine in Indonesia, producing approximately 79 thousand tonnes of nickel and an estimated 4.2 million metric tons per annum (mmtpa) of Run-of-Mine (ROM) in 2021. The Sorowako Mine is owned by Vale SA, and is due to operate until 2045. The second largest nickel-producing mine …
TBP Media | Harita Nickel Will Become the 5th Largest Nickel Mining …
This acquisition with a transaction value of IDR 7.9 billion will increase nickel ore resources and reserves to 302 million wmt, making Harita Nickel the 5th largest nickel mining company in Indonesia based on resources. PT GTS has a non-operating nickel mining concession with an area of 2,314 hectares with an IUP valid until 2040.
Indonesia issues nickel production quotas for 152.62mt
Posted on March 19, 2024. Indonesia has issued mining production quotas of 152.62 …
Five largest nickel mines in Indonesia in 2020
Here are the five largest nickel mines by production in Indonesia, according to GlobalData's mining database. 1. Sorowako Mine. The Sorowako Mine is a surface mine located in South Sulawesi. It is owned by Vale and produced an estimated 71.6 Thousand tonnes of nickel in 2020. The mine will operate until 2045.
Indonesia: Huge Nickel Project Driving Climate, Rights, …
(Jakarta, January 17, 2024) — A massive, multi-billion-dollar nickel industrial complex in North Maluku and nearby nickel mining is violating the rights of local communities, including Indigenous Peoples, causing significant deforestation, air and water pollution, and emitting massive amounts of greenhouse gases from captive coal plants, Climate Rights …
Crackdown on illegal mining forces Indonesia to import nickel ore
Prices of Philippine nickel ore have jumped 23 per cent to $65 per wet metric tonne since August and the premium for Indonesian nickel ore over the local price benchmark has surged from about $5 ...
Top six countries with the largest nickel reserves in the …
4. Russia – 6.9 million tonnes. Russia is Europe's top destination for nickel reserves, with around 6.9 million tonnes, or 7% of the global total. It was also the world's third-biggest nickel-producing country in 2020, after Indonesia and the Philippines, mining approximately 280,000 tonnes of the metal during the year.
Investments in Indonesia's nickel industry | Reuters
A worker displays nickel ore in a ferronickel smelter owned by state miner Aneka Tambang Tbk at Pomala district, Indonesia, March 30, 2011. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
PT ANTAM Tbk | Nickel
At the end of 2021, ANTAM's consolidated nickel reserves (considering the reserves of PT Gag Nickel) were recorded at 381.91 million wet metric tons (wmt) consisting of 332.69 million wmt of saprolite nickel ore and 49.22 …
To mine EV minerals, industry turns to dangerous …
Laterite nickel ore comes in two forms, and until recently there was no need to use the acid-leaching technology in part because Indonesia was mining the kind known as saprolite, which can be ...
Global nickel mining industry
Leading importers of nickel ore worldwide in 2021, by country (in million U.S. dollars) ... Premium Statistic Indonesia's nickel mine production 2010-2023 ...
Nickel IPOs surging thanks to Indonesian mining boom
Indonesia's nickel mining boom has put global nickel IPOs on track for a multiyear high, while global IPOs in other sectors continued to decline in part due to tight monetary conditions and recession risks. Companies engaging in nickel mining and processing announced IPOs that aimed to raise an aggregate $1.36 billion in the first …
Five largest nickel mines in Indonesia in 2020
Harita Nickel Will Become the 5th Largest Nickel Mining Company in …
Australian nickel miners BHP, Wyloo Metals, Chalice Mining …
The industry in Indonesia relies on nickel laterite production whereas BHP, Wyloo, Chalice and other Australian players are focused on nickel sulphide mining, which requires less energy-intensive ...
Nickel Industries
The Group's principal operations, located in Indonesia, are the Hengjaya Nickel, Oracle Nickel and Ranger Nickel rotary kiln electric furnace (RKEF) projects located within the ... (IWIP) and the Hengjaya Mine, a large tonnage, high grade nickel laterite deposit in close proximity to the IMIP. The Company's holds an 80% interest in each of ...
Indonesia has a long way to go to produce nickel sustainably
According to the IEA, in a scenario consistent with the climate goals of the Paris Agreement, battery nickel supply would need to balloon to 19 times its size by 2040. Battery cobalt, which can be produced in Indonesia as a by-product, would have to increase 21 times. Both metals boost energy density in current electric vehicle and grid …
Exclusive: Indonesian president pledges nickel mining clean …
Nickel mining and smelting has become a major part of Indonesia's economy, with billions of dollars of global investment flowing in to the country after the government banned exports of ...
Indonesia Miner : Indonesia Has a Hydrometallurgical …
Through the inauguration, Indonesia finally has a hydrometallurgical engineering center for laterite nickel ore and new energy materials with the standards and quality of developed countries. The momentum is also a means of increasing comprehensive promotion for the development and utilization of laterite nickel mines in …
New technology could cement Indonesia's dominance of vital nickel
This melts the ore at more than 1,500°C, ... mining firms have experimented with an alternative called high pressure acid leaching ... according to the Indonesian Nickel Miners Association. Most ...
Nickel producers fear growing Indonesian pricing power
A worker poses with a handful of nickel ore at the nickel mining factory of PT Vale Tbk, near Sorowako, Indonesia's Sulawesi island, January 8, 2014.
World's ten largest nickel mines in 2020
Here are the ten largest nickel mines by production across the world in 2020, according to GlobalData's mining database. 1. Sorowako Mine. The Sorowako Mine is a surface mine situated in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Owned by Vale, the brownfield mine produced an estimated 71.6 thousand tonnes of nickel in 2020.
Indonesia's Nickel Export Ban: Impacts on Supply Chains …
Indonesia's 2020 decision to halt the export of nickel ore is a continuation of its industrial policy to produce downstream materials and products in the nickel and EV battery supply chain. In 2014, Indonesia successfully employed a similar export ban to develop downstream value-added nickel products for the stainless-steel supply chain.
Indonesia mining ministry working to approve more nickel, …
Indonesia's ministry is trying to address delays in approving new mining volume quotas, an official at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry said on Monday. The ministry sofarhas issued approvals for quotas, known by the Indonesian acronym RKAB, for 145 million metric tons of nickel ore and 14 million tons of bauxite, said Tri …
Crackdown on illegal mining forces Indonesia to …
More than 53,000 tonnes of nickel ore and concentrates were shipped in …