…Operational challenges, protests, and nickel prices drop have disrupted production at multiple Chinese-run nickel processing plants in Indonesia. These, together with global uncertainties and a constricting global regulatory landscape, overshadow the sector’s growth prospect…

…At Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP)…trade unions and civil society groups have staged multiple protests and rallies throughout February. Some of these events are detailed below.

…hundreds of migrant Chinese workers gathered to demand unpaid wages from PT QMB New Energy Materials…

PT QMB is a joint venture of multiple industry giants, GEM Co., Ltd, Tsingshan Group, Guangdong Bangpu Cycle Technology Co.,Ltd – a subsidiary of car battery producer CATL– and new energy companies EcoPro and Hanwa Group…

… PT GNI is delaying payment to local nickel suppliers, causing supply disruptions. In response, the plant has cut nickel production significantly… many migrant Chinese workers have been sent home…

… its parent company Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry Co. declared bankruptcy…

…The nickel plants invested by Jiangsu Delong – PT GNI, PT Virtue Dragon Nickel Industry (VDNI), and PT Obsidian Stainless Steel (OSS) – contributed an estimated annual net loss of 1.8-2.2 billion yuan…

…PT Virtue Dragon Nickel Industry (VDNI), also faced increased protests gathered around the facility in recent weeks…