Downstream Nickel and Our Natural Resource Story
God provided these to the Indonesian people, but the authorities handed it over to foreign corporations and private individuals. Now will be the starting point to correct the mistakes that have been made from 1967.
Didie SW
The government has stated that nickel ore, the mineral in its raw form that exists Indonesian soil, can no longer be extracted by foreign companies and transported directly to their base country.
The government, through Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, said that nickel ore must be processed domestically into semi-finished products for further processing infor use in manufacturing, including battery production. Unfortunately, awareness about this policy has emerged only now. The hope is that not only nickel will be treated this way, but all minerals that exist in Indonesian soil.