JAKARTA (Reuters): A fire at a nickel smelter in Indonesia left one worker dead and injured six others, police said on Wednesday (June 28), the latest in a series of deadly incidents that have prompted concern over safety at the US$2.7 billion facility.
The incident happened on Monday at the Gunbuster Nickel Industry (GNI) plant in Central Sulawesi, local police spokesperson Djoko Wienartono confirmed. The smelter, launched in 2021, is owned by China's Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry and has an annual capacity of 1.8 million tonnes.
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