Nickel Land

Indonesia's Critical Mineral

By Samuel George
12min2025
Critical MineralsSupply ChainsEnergyEnvironment

In Indonesia, the world’s nickel superpower, the green transition fuels a new extraction boom—raising hard questions about power, profit, foreign capital, and the human cost.

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International Film Festival The Hague

2025

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