Back in 2020, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a plea for miners to invest in increased production of nickel, a key component – and an expensive one - in the batteries that power EVs. He even promised ...

Outgoing Indonesian President Joko Widodo—or “Jokowi” to many Indonesians—is leaving office on a high. Jokowi is extremely popular, at times boasting an 80% approval rating. He's boosting Indonesia's ...

Tesla’s decision to set up its electric vehicle (EV) car manufacturing in neighbouring Malaysia was a blow to Indonesia’s efforts to lure investments for building an end-to-end EV supply chain ...

Indonesia is the world’s largest nickel producer and produces significant quantities of copper, cobalt, tin, and gold. In 2023, mining contributed to 11.9 percent of Indonesia’s gross domestic product ...

Indonesia is richly endowed with nickel, but refining this crucial mineral poses a daunting environmental challenge Dust and smoke rise from the Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park's nickel-mining ...

Indonesia’s strategic value means that it can position itself as a one-stop source from mine to precursor chemicals. Lacking sufficient domestic extraction and processing capacity for many critical ...

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. The industry is now seen as ...

A skim of this year’s nickel-market commentary reveals a “Darwinian” “existential moment” of “carnage”. Benchmark prices tumbled by as much as 72% from all-time highs in 2022. From Australia to Brazil ...

The shiny potential of nickel—an essential mineral driving the global green transition—is dimmed for the Philippines. A startling new report from the International Labor Organization (ILO) exposes a ...

Indonesia’s nickel strategy has been a “great success,” five years since it shocked the metals world by banning exports of raw nickel ore. The Southeast Asian country has the world’s largest reserves ...