Canada faces pressure to ban deep-sea mining
Scientists and NGOs are asking Ottawa to ban the activity, as the country hosts an international marine conservation summit that kicks off on Friday in Vancouver.
Indonesia Antam, China’s CNGR agree to develop nickel industrial park
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Indonesia’s state miner PT Aneka Tambang Tbk and Chinese precursor manufacturer CNGR Advanced Material Co. Ltd. signed a framework agreement to build a nickel industrial park in Indonesia, the companies said on Wednesday.
CNGR will invest in a facility to produce nickel matte with installed capacity of 80,000 tonnes in a park managed by Antam’s unit PT Kawasan Industri Antam Timur, which is expected to start operations in 2025.
(By Stefanno Sulaiman and Bernadette Christina; Editing by Martin Petty)
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