Vale Starts World's Largest HPAL Smelter

By Editorial Team 29/11/2022
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Summary

PT Vale Indonesia Tbk (INCO) conducted the groundbreaking ceremony of the Pomalaa Block nickel mine and smelter in Kolaka, Southeast Sulawesi, on Sunday. The Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said the project had to start immediately due to its important contribution to Indonesia's target of developing an electric vehicle (EV) battery ecosystem in Indonesia. "In Halmahera, there is a High-Pressure Acid Leach (HPAL) smelter with a capacity of 20,000 tons for exports. In Morowali, 30,000 tons; in Pomalaa, 120,000 tons, so this is the largest in the world," he said in a speech during the ceremony.

Luhut emphasized the government's plan to oversee the issuance of several unfinished permits for the project. "Permits problems, prolong Amdal issuances, we will finish them as soon as possible. So, we do not want to hear delayed projects caused by time-consuming procedures," he said. INCO's HPAL smelter construction is expected to complete in 2025.

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