Silkroad Nickel in tie-up to run ferronickel smelter in Indonesia
Fiona Lam
Singapore
CATALIST-LISTED Indonesian nickel miner Silkroad Nickel is teaming up with Shandong Xinhai (Singapore), a subsidiary of Chinese nickel alloy producer Shandong Xinhai Technology, to build and operate a ferronickel smelter facility in Indonesia.
They are looking to develop a rotary kiln electric furnace (RKEF), supported by a coal-fired power plant, to produce up to 400,000 tonnes of ferronickel.
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