Forged in Silence – The Untold Stories of Chinese Workers at Indonesia’s Nickel Plants

The dirty practices of a Zug-based mining group in Borneo

The increased extraction of nickel in Indonesia, essential for electric batteries, presents a paradoxical situation where the country’s carbon footprint rises due to the reliance on coal-fired smelters for industrial processes, despite being strategically positioned…

Indonesian farmers fight for their land in nickel mining boom

Indonesian farmers on Wawonii Island are using machetes to protect their land against nickel miners, this article reports. The global demand for metals used in electric vehicle batteries and stainless steel has led to a rush by…

Protests erupt as nickel mining company fatalities escalate

Fatalities in a Chinese-owned nickel smelting company in Indonesia have triggered hundreds of workers to strike to demand justice. The strike happened after failed negotiations between the union and the company. The article details the…

Health and safety as a strategic organising tool

Unions in South East Asia met last month to discuss how to use occupational health and safety (OHS) as a strategy to organise workers and build strong unions, protecting workers from a hazardous working environment….

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Tesla reportedly signs US$5 billion Indonesian nickel deal

Tesla, Inc. has signed US$5 billion worth of deals to buy nickel products from Indonesia. According to Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Indonesia’s coordinating minister for maritime affairs and investment, Tesla has signed a five-year contract with…