Owner or owned? Indonesia’s Chinese battery chain dilemma

Indonesia has spent a decade trying to turn its mineral wealth into something more valuable than raw commodity exports. The strategy is ambitious: restrict raw nickel exports, attract investment, build processing capacity and move downstream into electric-vehicle (EV) batteries that will power the next generation of transport and energy storage. China is central to the […] The post Owner or owned? Indonesia’s Chinese battery chain dilemma appeared first on Asia Times.

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