#Nickel processing is nasty stuff. We need 10 times as much nickel in order to make the green transition a reality.

In this article by Wired magazine, they outline how Workers Are Dying in the EV Industry’s ‘Tainted’ City in Indonesia.

In the former fishing village of Lobota, sickness and pollution plague a sprawling factory complex that supplies the world with crucial battery materials.

High demand for electric vehicles, combined with supply disruptions caused have made Indonesia a critical link in the supply chains of EV manufacturers.

#Indonesia is home to the largest nickel deposits, much of it found on Sulawesi, an equatorial island east of Borneo.

Nickel ore was once shipped unprocessed, but around a decade ago the Indonesian government banned its export.

Nickel production in Indonesia more than doubled between 2020 and 2022, to 1.6 million tonnes, more than 48 percent of the world's entire output.

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