JAKARTA. PT Vale Indonesia Tbk (INCO) targets to record total production volume of 71,000 tons by the end of this year.
Senior Manager Communications at Vale Indonesia Bayu Aji said that in the first semester, the company has produced 30,711 tons of nickel in matte.
"We are optimistic that we can achieve the production target, especially after completing the Larona Canal Lining project in the first quarter of this year," he said as quoted by Kontan, Wednesday (18/9).
The project is a channel maintenance activity in the Hydroelectric Power Plant (PLTA) Larona to ensure that the water supply to the power plant is more stable, so that later it will have a positive impact on energy supply to PT Vale's nickel processing plant in Sorowako.
In order to pursue the annual production target, he continued, the company continues to innovate to make PT Vale's operations more efficient. "We operate electric-powered boilers, with 100% of the electricity coming from PT Vale's own PLTA. Thus, our electric boiler has zero emissions," he explained. (AM/AR)