nickel

Indonesia may relax production quotas of nickel and coal if prices stay high, minister says

The country is the world’s top exporter of thermal coal and nickel products

Environmental group Market Forces says OCBC did not provide complete information material to investors, including the true extent of its exposure to carbon-intensive companies that are powering their operations with off-grid coal plants.

Green group files SGX complaint against OCBC alleging disclosure gaps in carbon-intensive assets

Market Forces flags lender’s possible failure to comply with sustainability reporting requirements around its exposure to captive coal plants

Vale Indonesia is one of the country's longest-operating miners.

Indonesian nickel giant Vale digs deeper into battery-grade nickel

World’s second-largest nickel miner is investing US$9 billion to make EV battery materials even as iron-based packs go mainstream

A nickel mining and processing plant compound in Indonesia. The country supplies about 65% of the world's nickel production.

World’s biggest nickel mine in Indonesia told to cut output

Its 2026 quota is 12 million tonnes of ore production, down from 42 million tonnes in 2025

Vale Indonesia is one of the country’s biggest nickel miners and is making large investments in high pressure acid leach plants.

Vale Indonesia halts nickel mining on delayed work plan approval

HPAL capacity is set to expand significantly in the country this year, from six facilities to at least 14

Jakarta is scrambling to rein in lower-grade nickel output by blocking new smelters producing nickel pig iron and ferronickel, in favour of higher-value processing.
THINKING ALOUD

Could Jakarta’s moving goalposts corrode investor faith in nickel?

The Indonesian government’s big push for downstreaming is delivering results, but it comes with trade-offs

Indonesia accounts for more than half of the world’s output of nickel, a metal used in electric-vehicle batteries and stainless steel.

Major Indonesia nickel plant cuts output as waste piles up

HPAL producers have also been contending with the higher cost of sulphur, a chemical used to produce acid

The duo were jointly and severally liable for the total sum of S$593 million, US$192.2 million and 880,000 euros (S$1.3 million).

Envy’s ex-directors seek bankruptcy after being found liable for breach of duties in nickel trading fraud

Judicial Commissioner Mohamed Faizal finds that Lee Si Ye and Ju Xiao breached their duties as directors of Envy group of companies

Danantara Indonesia will manage 135 trillion rupiah (S$10.6 billion) in investment funds this year, 70 trillion rupiah of which comes from dividends of state-owned companies.

Danantara and China’s GEM to develop nickel processing hub in Indonesia

The project will mark Danantara’s first foray into crucial nickel sector as the government seeks to capitalise on the country’s vast resources of a metal used in electric vehicle (EV) batteries

Ng Yu Zhi has been charged with cheating and fraudulent trading.

9 ex-directors, employees ordered to repay almost S$900 million to Envy companies in fraudulent nickel trading suits

Two of them are jointly and severally liable for the total sum of S$593 million, US$192.2 million and 880,000 euros