So Primadona In International Market, What Is Nickel Matte?

YOGYAKARTA Nickel is a mining commodity that is currently the prima donna in the international market. One type of nickel that has a lot of enthusiasts is nickelferee or nickel sulfide. Nickel Badminton is one of the first class nickel that is usually used as raw material for electric vehicle batteries. Well, in this article, VOI will discuss what nickel stays, keep reading until it runs out, yes!

Summarized from various sources, nickelcurrency is an intermediate product obtained from nickel ore processing. This type of ponduk has a nickel content of 78 percent so that its value is higher than feronikel which only has a nickel level of 25-45 percent.

According to Suratman in a journal entitled Nickel Solubility in Nickel Matte's Pelindian Process (Ni3S2) in the Amonia-Amonium Nitrat Media, nickel safe is a nickel sulfide compound obtained from the pyromethalurgy (mate smelting) process from laterite minerals.

In general, laterite minerals contain Fe, Cu,Ni, Co, S, Mn, Zn, Cr, Al and several other elements in relatively small amounts.

Nickel happened to have a chemical composition of 78-80 percent Ni, 0.5-1.2 percent Co, and 18-20 percent.

Realization Of Nickel Matte Production In Indonesia

In Indonesia, Matte's nickel production process was carried out by PT Vale Indonesia Tbk. The mining issuer coded INCO shares is a nickel-producing company whose shares are owned by the government by the Indonesian Asahan Aluminum (Inalum).

In the second quarter of 2023, INCO recorded a total of 16,922 metric tons of nickel production. This production realization rose 35 percent compared to the same period the previous year which reached 12,567 metric tons.

Sebelumnya, dalam tiga tahun terakhir, produksi nikel dalam bentuk burunge yang dilakukan oleh PT Vale Indonesia mengalami kontraksi yang cukup besar.

In 2022, PT Vale's nickel sales only managed to touch the level of 60,090 metric tons. This realization decreased by 8.1 percent from 2021's production which reached 65,388 metric tons.

Even so, in the realization of production in 2021. The amount is far less than nickel waste production in 2020 of 72,237 metric tons.

The increase in nickel waste production in the second quarter of 2023 was due to the company's rebuilding of Furnace 4 years ago.

By the end of 2023, PT Vale Indonesia hopes that nickel sales can touch 70,000 metric tons.

For additional information, nickeljare produced by PT. INCO contains 78-80 percent Ni, 0.8 1.2 pesen Co, d' 0.7 percent Fe, and 18 20 percent S. All niche products produced by PT. Vale Indonesia are exported to Japan for further processing.

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