China-Invested Ferronickel Smelter Put Into Production In Indonesia

China-Invested Ferronickel Smelter Put Into Production In Indonesia

JAKARTA, Dec 28 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, attended, yesterday, the ceremony to mark a ferronickel smelter plant, invested by a Chinese company, starting production in Morowali Utara county, Central Sulawesi province.

The smelter, PT Gunbuster Nickel Industry, located at the PT Virtue Dragon Nickel Industry park, can produce an annual output of 1.8 million tonnes of ferronickel.

The project is invested by China’s Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry Co. Ltd.

Widodo said that, the construction of such a smelter is welcomed and appreciated, adding that, projects as such, not only contributes to the tax revenue, but also creates employment opportunities, which will promote the local economic development.– NNN-ANTARA

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