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Indonesia's mineral downstream policy needs a clear shift in strategy to escape the low-value dominance trap so that instead of being a facilitator of foreign-led extraction, the country can be a curator of complete industrial ecosystems and emerge as a leader in the global supply chain.
The Environment Ministry is coming down hard on IMIP over multiple violations at its nickel hub in Central Sulawesi, following public outrage over exploitative activities in Papua's famed marine tourist hot spot Raja Ampat.
The Indonesian government is facing a critical dilemma as it seeks to advance its strategic nickel downstreaming agenda while managing mounting public pressure to preserve the ecological and tourism-rich region of Raja Ampat in Southwest Papua. The controversy over nickel mining in the area has spotlighted tensions between Indonesia’s ambition to lead in the global green supply chain through its nickel downstream industry development and the need to protect one of its most biodiverse and scenic marine ecosystems.
The public have jumped to the defense of Raja Ampat in a modern-day case of David versus Goliath, where collective resistance must be mounted as the Papuan people wield everyday environmentalism to sling against the greenwashed extractive narrative of mining oligarchs.
Danantara CIO Pandu Sjahrir has highlighted that the investment would bolster national resilience by cutting reliance on imported caustic soda and ethylene dichloride, key inputs for downstream industries such as nickel processing.
Raja Ampat is a litmus test for our mineral nationalism, which requires both reforming and restructuring into a social contract rooted in justice, inclusion and shared stewardship so the nation as a whole can prosper, even as it leads the globe in green minerals.
Widely hailed as a critical mineral that helps push the energy transition, the mining and processing of nickel in Central Halmahera regency, North Maluku, brings distress to people living around the mineral’s industrial park.
