Indonesia faces difficult task to create OPEC-like group for nickel
The proposal to "coordinate and integrate nickel policy" was made this week by Indonesia's investment minister in talks with Canada.
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Indonesia is the biggest producer of nickel by a wide margin and is home to around 20% of the world’s deposits of the metal.
