A fleet of trucks queue near a nickel laterite mine outside Kendari in south-east Sulawesi province, Indonesia. As one of the world's biggest producers of nickel ore, Indonesia aims to start processing its rich supplies of nickel ore for use in lithium batteries under a $9.8 billion deal it signed with a unit of LG Group. Getty Images
A fleet of trucks queue near a nickel laterite mine outside Kendari in south-east Sulawesi province, Indonesia. As one of the world's biggest producers of nickel ore, Indonesia aims to start processinShow more

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