JAKARTA (Bloomberg): Four Chinese-run nickel plants in Indonesia have shut down temporarily after a deadly landslide last month at a waste area used by one of the facilities, a sign that companies are being forced to respond to greater official scrutiny of the sector.
The four high-pressure acid leaching plants operated by China’s GEM Co. at the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park, a massive nickel-producing hub on the island of Sulawesi, have halted production while the waste site is restored, according to people familiar with the matter.
