JAKARTA, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Indonesia is considering revoking the environmental permit of PT QMB New Energy Materials, a nickel and cobalt joint venture led by China's GEM, on the island of Sulawesi after a landslide hit a mine waste zone at its nickel processing hub, environment minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq said on Monday.
Here are some details:
* The landslide occurred last week in a tailings area run by PT QMB, a tenant of PT Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP), and was suspected to have been caused by soft soils. It killed one local contractor, IMIP said.
* Environment minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq was quoted by state news agency Antara on Monday as saying that the ministry is considering revoking the permit due to repeated fatal incidents.
* "We're doing a thorough assessment, we will immediately formulate plans to revoke the environmental permit," he said.
* QMB was forced to suspend almost all production in March 2025 after a deadly landslide left four workers buried under nickel mine waste.
* PT IMIP is the largest nickel-processing hub in resource-rich Indonesia and has over 50 tenants, mainly makers of nickel products used in stainless steel and EV battery materials, according to the company website.
* Chinese steelmaker Tsingshan Holding Group is among PT IMIP's shareholders.
* Neither Tsingshan nor GEM responded immediately to requests for comment on Monday.
* Hanif did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
(Reporting by Stanley Widianto; Editing by David Stanway) -- Reuters
