Group 1 - The CEO of PT Vale Indonesia expressed concerns that the approved mining production quota for the year may be insufficient to meet the demands of the smelter set to come online later this year, as the company received only about 30% of its requested quota [1] - Vale and its partners are currently constructing three High-Pressure Acid Leach (HPAL) plants to extract nickel materials used in electric vehicle batteries, with the Pomalaa plant expected to start operations in August and the Bahodopi plant projected to be completed in Q4 [2][3] - The Pomalaa plant has an annual production capacity of 120,000 tons of Nickel Hydroxide Precipitate (MHP) and will require 21 million tons of nickel ore annually, while the Bahodopi plant will need 10.4 million tons of nickel ore to produce 66,000 tons of MHP [2][3] Group 2 - Vale and its partners plan to invest $4.5 billion in the Pomalaa project and $2 billion in the Bahodopi project [4] - Another plant located in Sorowako, Southeast Sulawesi, is expected to begin operations next year [5] - The company has set a target for high-grade nickel production of 71,234 tons by 2025, having produced 66,848 tons as of November [6][7]
Vale Indonesia：2026年采矿配额不够满足新冶炼厂需求
Wen Hua Cai Jing·2026-01-20 02:36