The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) through the Directorate General of Minerals and coal (Ditjen Minerba) noted that nickel resources in Indonesia reached 18 billion 550 million tons or 18.550 billion tons.Meanwhile, the nickel reserves themselves reached 5.325 billion. As for nickel metal itself, it reached 56 million tons. This was stated directly by the Director General of Mineral and coal of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Tri Winarno, in a Working Meeting (Raker) with Commission XII of the DPR, Tuesday (12/11/2024)."So, for example, this metal condition is a condition that is truly metal in form. Nickel ore reserves consist of approximately 5.3 billion tons of saprolite and limonite, with a composition of about 60% saprolite and 40% limonite," stated Tri.Meanwhile, Tri said, for coal, the reserves are recorded at around 31 billion tons, with resources reaching around 90 billion.Tri also described that currently Indonesia has a total mining area of 9.11 million hectares. Consisting of exploration of 1 million, production reaching 8 million. Then post-mining 6,685 and reserves there are 91.
"For the production operation status, there are 3,800,000 metal minerals, 3,900,000 coal, 73,900 non-metal minerals, 85,520 rocks, and 119,000 certain types of non-metal minerals," he said.
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