Indonesia wants to expand as a nickel processing hub, starting from steel, to extracting battery grade chemicals from the ore, and eventually producing batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and building EVs. - JP
SINGAPORE/ JAKARTA (Reuters): Violent protests by hundreds of workers at one of Indonesia's biggest nickel smelters on Sulawesi island operated by PT Virtue Dragon Nickel Industry (PT VDNI) had "paralysed" its activities, the China-backed company said in a statement.
The protest, which saw 800 workers calling for higher salaries and permanent employment for contractors, turned violent on Monday (Dec 14), as workers torched vehicles and buildings.
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