Chinese Firms Forge Ties with Indonesia, Chasing Nickel for Battery Boom
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A Chinese private firm, among others, invested in Indonesia in 2009 to secure nickel, crucial for stainless steel and advanced battery production, fostering deeper economic ties between China and Indonesia.
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China's economic expansion and growing demand for nickel drive investment in Indonesia.
Back in 2009, when China’s economy was expanding at about twice today’s pace, a little-known private firm made a quiet bet on uncharted territory: Indonesia. The company was on a quest: to secure nickel, a vital industrial metal used in stainless steel production and, increasingly, to power advanced batteries. The company, founded in Wenzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, is one of a growing number of Chinese enterprises helping to forge deeper trade and industrial ties between the world’s second-largest economy and Southeast Asia’s largest. “Indonesia provides the resources, while China contributes capital, technology and manufacturing expertise, creating an increasingly integrated economic ecosystem,” said Zhao Xijun, a finance professor at Renmin University of China in Beijing. Chasing the battery boom
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