In his remarks, President Prabowo emphasized the importance of developing new energy industries as a strategic step toward achieving national energy independence and resilience.
“I am Prabowo Subianto, President of the Republic of Indonesia, proud to inaugurate the Integrated Electric Vehicle Battery Industry Ecosystem by the ANTAM-IBC-CBL Consortium. With this, I declare it officially gets started,” he stated during the ceremony.
The battery industry project is a collaboration between state-owned mining company PT Aneka Tambang Tbk (ANTAM), Indonesia Battery Corporation (IBC), and China-based consortium CATL, Brunp, and Lygend (CBL).
It is being developed across its entire value chain, consisting of six subprojects — five located in East Halmahera, North Maluku, and one in Karawang.
Listed as part of Indonesia’s National Strategic Projects (PSN), the total investment for the project amounts to USD5.9 billion and spans an area of 3,023 hectares. It is expected to generate around 8,000 jobs while supporting the development of 18 infrastructure projects, including a multifunctional port.
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The project is also designed to be environmentally friendly by utilizing a mix of energy sources, including a 2x150 MW coal-fired power plant, an 80 MW gas-fired power plant (PLTG), a 30 MW waste heat recovery system, and 172 MWp of solar power — of which 24 MWp will be installed at the Karawang facility.
The Karawang electric battery plant will be operated by joint venture company PT Contemporary Amperex Technology Indonesia Battery (CATIB). It is projected to have an initial capacity of 6.9 GWh in its first phase, expanding to 15 GWh in the second phase. Commercial operations are targeted to begin by the end of 2026.
In East Halmahera, ANTAM and Hong Kong CBL Limited (HK CBL) have established PT Feni Haltim (PT FHT) to develop a new energy industrial zone that includes a nickel mining project, a pyrometallurgical smelter with an annual capacity of 88,000 tons of refined nickel alloy by 2027.
In addition, the site will also include a hydrometallurgical smelter to produce 55,000 tons of Mixed Hydroxide Precipitate annually by 2028, a Nickel Cobalt Manganese (NCM) cathode materials plant with a capacity of 30,000 tons per year by 2028.
As well as a battery recycling facility capable of producing 20,000 tons of sulphate metals and lithium carbonate annually by 2031.
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Translator: Andi Firdaus, Kuntum Khaira Riswan
Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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