Indonesia has announced its downstream nickel export targets, shifting to selective downstream processing and continuously extending the battery industry chain.

The Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) announced on the 29th that it has set the 2026 export target for downstream nickel products at no less than 45 billion US dollars (approximately 817 trillion Indonesian rupiah). The downstream nickel industry in Indonesia has been growing strongly in recent years, with its export scale achieving leapfrog growth.