Huge tin-processing facility breaks ground


Big player: Motorists using a bridge connecting Batam with surrounding islands. Indonesia was the second-largest producer of tin-mining products in 2022 and was estimated to be the third-largest in 2023. — AFP

JAKARTA: Indonesia has commenced the construction of tin-processing facilities in Batam, Riau Islands, that will cost 1.2 trillion rupiah (US$74mil) to build and startup.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony last Friday was led by Deputy Investment and Downstream Minister Todotua Pasaribu, who noted that Indonesia held the world’s second-largest tin reserves.

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