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I'm surprised Indonesia has the leading nickel production volume. I always (uneducatedly) assume island nations would be poor in minerals.
by thrdbndndn 4y ago
I'm surprised Indonesia has the leading nickel production volume.
I always (uneducatedly) assume island nations would be poor in minerals.
- Spooky23 4y agoIndonesia was a large landmass less than 20k years ago, so it’s not typical of many islands.
- canadiantim 4y agoGenerally speaking the type of nickel Indonesia produces is not suitable for EV batteries. From my understanding they mainly have laterite deposits which do not produce class-1 nickel, which is the purity required for most EV batteries. For that you're generally looking for nickel sulphide deposits.
- roenxi 4y agoYou're more right than wrong in that thinking. Usually land area correlates well to mineral wealth. But without a lot of knowledge of the situation, Indonesia's islands probably exist because of volcanism and plate tectonics and that makes a difference in having unusual geology.