00:00The nickel downstreaming program prepared by the government needs to be accelerated to produce better results.
00:08This statement was delivered by DPR member Budi Kanah.
00:11This PDI Perjuangan politician hopes that nickel downstreaming can be accelerated in 2026.
00:18Currently, Indonesia is one of the countries with the largest nickel reserves in the world, so downstreaming is important.
00:26Indonesia has nickel metal resources of 140 million tons, with nickel metal reserves of 49 million tons, spread across Southeast Sulawesi, North Maluku, and West Papua.
00:40This shows that Indonesia has a strategic role as a supplier of nickel, which is now a raw material for electric vehicle batteries.
00:47Member of Commission 6 of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Budi Kanang, assessed that the government needs to evaluate the implementation of the nickel downstreaming policy, which will be implemented from 2029 to 2031.
01:01Downstream processing must be compressed again and accelerated again.
01:05If necessary, 2026.
01:08Well, when Chinese companies come to us to inquire about how to create an electric car industry, we have to stop them first.
01:24Hey, the battery is from me.
01:27It's not just the nickel from me.
01:32Deputy Chairman of Commission 6 of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Nurdin Halid, explained that the existence of nickel mines has a positive impact on the number of jobs.
01:41However, every mining activity needs to undergo a comprehensive study, especially regarding environmental impacts that can harm natural ecosystems and communities.
01:51Yes, of course the first is how to have an environmental impact.
01:55Yes, then it creates prosperity and benefits for the people who live around the nickel mine.
02:03So the environmental impact, then welfare, welfare, environmental area.
02:07From Sorong, Southwest Papua, Akbar Prakoso, TVR Parliament reports.
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