Chinese migrant workers drive Indonesia’s nickel industry for EVs

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By EHN CuratorsOct 8, 2025, 2:28 pm181 ptsTrendingTop
30,000 Chinese workers travel thousands of miles to remote islands in Eastern Indonesia to process nickel — and put their lives at risk on the frontier of the green energy transition.

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