Nickel Mining and Smelting Processes in Indonesia

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27 January 2014 14:35 WIB

A worker processes nickel at a nickel smelter of PT Vale Tbk, near Sorowako, Indonesia's Sulawesi island. Indonesia's ban on exports of key mineral ores - unless they are processed in the country - risks backfiring as weaker commodity prices mean it is not cost-effective to invest in expensive smelters and refineries. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad

27 Januari 2014 00:00 WIB

A general view of the digging of raw nickel ore near Sorowako, Indonesia's Sulawesi island. Indonesia's ban on exports of key mineral ores - unless they are processed in the country - risks backfiring as weaker commodity prices mean it is not cost-effective to invest in expensive smelters and refineries. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad

27 Januari 2014 00:00 WIB

A worker poses with a handful of nickel ore at the nickel mining factory of PT Vale Tbk, near Sorowako, Indonesia's Sulawesi island. Indonesia's ban on exports of key mineral ores - unless they are processed in the country - risks backfiring as weaker commodity prices mean it is not cost-effective to invest in expensive smelters and refineries. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad

27 Januari 2014 00:00 WIB

A worker monitors the nickel melting process at a nickel smelter of PT Vale Tbk, near Sorowako, Indonesia's Sulawesi island. Indonesia's ban on exports of key mineral ores - unless they are processed in the country - risks backfiring as weaker commodity prices mean it is not cost-effective to invest in expensive smelters and refineries. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad

27 Januari 2014 00:00 WIB

Workers walk along a pathway at the nickel smelter of PT Vale Tbk, near Sorowako, Indonesia's Sulawesi island. Indonesia's ban on exports of key mineral ores - unless they are processed in the country - risks backfiring as weaker commodity prices mean it is not cost-effective to invest in expensive smelters and refineries. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad

27 Januari 2014 00:00 WIB

Trucks load raw nickel near Sorowako, Indonesia's Sulawesi island. Indonesia's ban on exports of key mineral ores - unless they are processed in the country - risks backfiring as weaker commodity prices mean it is not cost-effective to invest in expensive smelters and refineries. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad

27 Januari 2014 00:00 WIB