Eramet’s nickel plant in Indonesia to start ahead of schedule in H1 2020
Weda Bay, a nickel pig iron (NPI) project, is a nine-million-tonne nickel resource which will be run by Eramet and its JV partner Tsingshan Holding Group.
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