JAKARTA - PT Vale Indonesia Tbk (INCO) has disclosed the company's plans to build three new nickel processing and refining facilities (smelters) projects in South Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi and Southeast Sulawesi.
The construction of the new smelter is intended to triple nickel production by 2025.
Vale Indonesia President Director Febriany Eddy explained that the Sorowako nickel smelter expansion project, South Sulawesi, will produce tens of thousands of tons of ferronickel.
"In Sorowako, we already have one and we will establish a new factory that will produce 73,000 tons of ferronickel," said Febriany in a Hearing Meeting (RDP) with Commission VII DPR RI, Tuesday, July 5.
Febriany said that the Sorowako nickel smelter expansion project is currently in the pre-construction stage and is currently finalizing the unfinished land acquisition permit process, including the construction of the grid.
He continued, the construction of the smelter in Pomalaa, Southeast Sulawesi will use High Pressure Acid Leaching (HPAL) technology and nickel limonite with a capacity of 120,000 tons.
"The factory will later use nickel limonite for the production of nickel limonite for the production of mixed hydroxide," he continued.
For the progress of the smelter in Pomalaa, Southeast Sulawesi, his party has also completed the construction of the port.
Febriany added that PT Vale Indonesia will also build a factory in Bahodopi, Central Sulawesi.
He admitted that later it would have a capacity of 60,000 tons of nickel in mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP).
His party is currently in the process of making a more detailed development program.
For low-carbon commitments, his party will not use coal as a power plant.
This was also confirmed in the cooperation agreement between the Bahadopi and Pomalaa Projects.
"We will use other energy sources for power generation. We hope that Bahadopi can become a nickel Rotary Kiln Electric Furnace (RKEF) factory with the second lowest carbon intensity after Sorowako," he concluded.
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