PT Vale Indonesia, operator of the country’s longest-running nickel mining concession, is seeking to expand as global demand for EV battery nickel surges.

But in Sulawesi, where its concession overlaps farms and biodiverse forests found nowhere else, local farmers fear the expansion could mean land loss and environmental destruction.

by Richard Kent
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/worries-grow-for-sulawesi-farmers-as-nickel-mining-company-plans-expansion/

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