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Environment Fears over $6 Bn Indonesia EV Battery Project: NGOs

  • On June 29, President Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia is set to officially open a $6 billion electric vehicle battery factory on Halmahera, supported by CATL, Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt, and the state-owned company Antam.
  • The project aims to capitalize on Indonesia's position as the world's largest nickel producer, driven by a 2020 nickel export ban that spurred domestic industrial growth.
  • Located near the Weda Bay industrial park, the complex will handle nickel mining through cathode production, but mining here has already caused extensive deforestation and environmental damage.
  • Advocates warn that operations threaten the uncontacted Hongana Manyawa tribe, whose land is mined by at least 19 companies covering 40% of their territory; Caroline Pearce called this a “death sentence.”
  • Environmental damage and community repression highlight challenges despite Indonesia's renewable energy goals, suggesting urgent need for stronger protections alongside industrial development.
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Environment fears over $6 bn Indonesia EV battery project: NGOs

Environmental groups raised concerns Thursday over a $6 billion Indonesian EV battery megaproject backed by Chinese giant CATL which is set to open on a once-pristine island, as Jakarta exploits its huge supply of nickel.

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Their ancestral forest is already destroyed by the extraction of nickel, but in the next few days the Indonesian government will announce the construction of a factory of electric car batteries on the island of Halmahera, the largest of the Moluccas archipelago. But this, Survival International denounces, will mean a catastrophe for the about five hundred Hongana Manyawa , the uncontacted people living on the island. The project will lead to the…

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Il Fatto Quotidiano broke the news in Rome, Italy on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
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