Indonesia's claim that banning nickel exports spurs downstreaming is questionable
- Written by Krisna Gupta, PhD Student at The Australian National University, Australian National University
The Indonesian government has claimed that its raw nickel export ban, which started in January 2021, has shown positive impacts after seeing increases in mining investments and exports of nickel-derived products.
This statement seems to be premature, considering that the government has failed to disclose the data that can...