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Indonesian nickel miner PT Vale Indonesia said it aims to start construction of its Pomalaa project next year to produce material used in batteries for electric vehicles.
Adriansyah Chaniago, deputy managing director, added that Vale is currently amending its environmental impact study for the project and hopes to obtain the necessary permits to start construction next year. “We expect mechanical completion in 2026,” reported finance director Bernardus Irmanto, referring to the high-pressure acid leaching process for extracting chemicals from nickel ore.
The plant in Pomalaa, in southeast Sulawesi province, is expected to produce 40,000 tonnes of mixed sulphide precipitate, a component for EV batteries.
Vale is also investigating the prospect of extracting limonite, which is among its reserves and could be used in EV production.
