The Indonesian government is allowing environmental damage including deforestation and violations against Indigenous people ...

As Indonesia is the largest producer of nickel ores, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is sanguine about leveraging this advantage to increase the domestic value added from the nickel ore export ban.

Since the export ban, foreign investment flowed into Indonesia to gain access to the country’s large reserves of nickel. Companies are investing in smelters producing nickel pig iron ...

Over the last 15 years, Indonesia has imposed—and at times loosened—bans on raw resource exports and local ownership requirements. While the raw nickel export ban has proved effective in stimulating ...

While the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in October 2022 ruled against the nickel ore export restrictions, Indonesia appealed in November 2022 and was allowed to uphold the ban, pending a decision.

A nickel-ore export ban came into force in 2020. Now, Indonesia dominates global nickel-mining and smelting. It produces nearly half the world’s refined nickel and two-thirds of its mined nickel.

MANILA, Philippines — The proposed export ban on the country’s nickel ore may have an implication on global supply of the green metal, particularly on Indonesia’s requirements, according to ...

he Philippines’ possible nickel ore export ban is “a cause for concern” for Indonesia’s smelter industry, experts have said, as they call on the government to intensify diplomacy to secure ...

nickel smelter in Konawe is emblematic of Indonesia’s broader nickel industry. Conceptualised in 2014 at the outset of the export ban on nickel ore and commencing operations by 2019, the swift ...

Indonesia has the world’s largest reserves of nickel, a crucial ingredient in certain electric-vehicle (EV) batteries. Since 2020, when the export ban came into full force, it has come to ...

Lawmakers took their cue from Indonesia ... "If the Philippines were to implement an ore export ban, countries like China may turn to other nickel suppliers." The PNIA said industry forecasts ...

Companies must build smelters or mineral purification and processing centers to be able to export industrially. The ban on exporting copper concentrate next year follows the prohibition of other raw ...