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Indonesia revokes most mining permits in dive hotspot
AFP, Published on 10/06/2025
» JAKARTA - Indonesia revoked permits on Tuesday for four of the five mining companies operating in the eastern archipelago of Raja Ampat after activists shared videos of islands damaged by nickel extraction.
Australia to stockpile critical minerals in strategic reserve
AFP, Published on 24/04/2025
» SYDNEY - Australia will stockpile critical minerals in a new strategic reserve, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday, as nations scramble to source rare earths and coveted metals outside China.
New Indonesia sovereign wealth fund to invest $20 billion in projects
Published on 24/02/2025
» JAKARTA - Danantara Indonesia will invest $20 billion in a wide range of projects from metal processing to artificial intelligence, President Prabowo Subianto said on Monday, as he launched the country's new sovereign wealth fund.
Forum promotes investment in Indonesia
Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 23/09/2024
» Indonesian and Thai companies can benefit more by investing in manufacturing supply chain industries, a forum was told.
Hyundai Motor, LG Energy Solution launch Indonesia's first EV battery plant
Reuters, Published on 03/07/2024
» JAKARTA - South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution on Wednesday launched Indonesia's first battery cell production plant for electric vehicles (EVs) with an annual capacity of 10 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of battery cells.
Is China stockpiling resources in case of future war?
News, Published on 29/04/2024
» In the eastern Chinese port of Dongying, the start of 2024 has often seen several tankers docked simultaneously discharging Russian crude oil into a new 31.5-million-barrel storage facility completed late last year.
A tale of nickel and copper
News, David Fickling, Published on 23/02/2024
» The world's biggest miner, BHP Group Ltd, grew powerful by building dominant positions in producing the minerals of the future. That makes the challenges it's facing with two key clean-tech ingredients a sobering lesson for the energy transition.
Indonesian nickel workers demand better safety
Published on 27/12/2023
» JAKARTA - Hundreds of workers in Indonesia’s nickel industry staged a peaceful rally on Wednesday to demand better standards of work safety, three days after a fire killed 19 employees.
Indonesia smelter fire death toll reaches 18
Published on 26/12/2023
» JAKARTA - The death toll from a fire at an Indonesian nickel smelter has risen to 18 from 13 reported on Sunday, local police said on Tuesday, while operations remain suspended as authorities investigate the cause of the incident.
Indonesia nickel smelter furnace blast kills 13 workers, wounds 38
Published on 24/12/2023
» JAKARTA: Thirteen workers were killed and 38 were injured on Sunday in the explosion of a nickel smelter furnace owned by Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel (ITSS) on Sulawesi island, the owner of the industrial park where the smelter is located said.