{"id":4044,"date":"2026-09-23T22:05:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/?p=4044"},"modified":"2026-09-23T22:06:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:06:54","slug":"indonesias-nickel-and-the-global-ev-supply-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/2026\/09\/indonesias-nickel-and-the-global-ev-supply-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia\u2019s Nickel and the Global EV Supply Chain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4045\" src=\"http:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/nickel-indonesia-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/nickel-indonesia-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/nickel-indonesia-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/nickel-indonesia-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/nickel-indonesia-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/nickel-indonesia-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/nickel-indonesia-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/nickel-indonesia.jpg 1672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The global transition toward electric vehicles is reshaping how companies secure critical raw materials, and Indonesia is becoming increasingly important in this transformation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\" style=\"text-align: justify\">On September 22, Reuters reported that Indian critical-minerals company Lohum is exploring the acquisition of nickel mines in Indonesia and the Philippines. The company currently produces around 1,000 metric tons of nickel annually from recycled materials and plans to expand its capacity significantly over the next 18 months. Lohum is also expanding into lithium, battery materials, and rare-earth-related businesses as demand for clean-energy technologies continues to grow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\" style=\"text-align: justify\">From an international business perspective, this development reflects the growing importance of <strong>resource-seeking foreign investment and global value-chain positioning<\/strong>. Companies are increasingly looking beyond final production locations and focusing on securing strategic inputs that are essential to future industries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\" style=\"text-align: justify\">For Indonesia, nickel creates opportunities that extend beyond raw-material exports. Continued investment in mining, processing, battery materials, and electric vehicle production could strengthen the country\u2019s position within the global EV value chain. At the same time, international firms must consider supply-chain integration, sustainability requirements, infrastructure, and long-term access to critical minerals when making investment decisions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Indonesia\u2019s nickel sector therefore illustrates how resource-rich emerging markets can become strategically important locations within rapidly evolving global industries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Source: Reuters (September 22, 2026), <em data-start=\"906\" data-end=\"981\">India&#8217;s Lohum seeks to buy nickel mines in Indonesia and the Philippines.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The global transition toward electric vehicles is reshaping how companies secure critical raw materials, and Indonesia is becoming increasingly important in this transformation. On September 22, Reuters reported that Indian critical-minerals company Lohum is exploring the acquisition of nickel mines in Indonesia and the Philippines. The company currently produces around 1,000 metric tons of nickel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":4045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knowledge-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4044"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4047,"href":"https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4044\/revisions\/4047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/international-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}