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Nickel is a silvery-white metal that is used mainly to make stainless steel and other alloys stronger and better able to withstand extreme temperatures and corrosive environments. Nickel is also essential to many battery chemistries from nickel metal hydride to innovative.

Indonesia has the world’s largest nickel ores deposits, with total resources of 19.2 billion tons of and total reserves of 5.9 billion tons, according to the Geology Agency’s executive summary of Indonesia’s mineral resources released in 2025. Sulawesi is home to the country’s largest nickel producer, the nickel resources and reserves spread across the provinces of South Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi to Southeast Sulawesi, while in North Maluku province, the nickel deposit was found in Islands of Obi, Gebe and Halmahera.

The government has continued to push for the development of domestic processing and refining industry in a bid to generate greater value from the country’s mineral resources, instead of merely exporting raw commodities. So far, only the nickel processing industry, which has shown encouraging development. As of today, there were more than 120 nickel smelters plants/projects in Indonesia comprising of 64 smelters in operation, 21 in construction and 16 in planning stage, while some smelters/projects are stalled in various stages.

Indonesia Nickel Map 2025 is a must-have for companies / professionals who’s involved / interested in nickel related businesses in Indonesia. The map outlined at the scale of approximately 1:1,200,000 on an 1,733 x 841mm heavy paper stock and laminated for durability.
 
Map Features

• Nickel concessions (KKs and IUPs) in Sulawesi, Maluku, and Papua and their status of operation.
• Location of 120 nickel smelter projects/plants with their processing method, number of production lines, capacity, product, status and schedule of operation (COD)
• Basic features: Provinces, Cities, Regencies, Towns with administrative boundaries.

 

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