Indonesian Mining Firm Shuts Smelter Furnace After Slag Overflow

An Indonesian mining company shut down a nickel smelter furnace after an overflow of hot slag on Friday, the latest in a series of incidents at an industrial park that have cast doubts on the country’s ambitions to become a key processor of metals used in batteries.

The incident occurred at around 7.40 p.m. local time on Friday. No injuries were reported. Four firetrucks were dispatched to treat the slag, which had heated up the unit’s power cables, according to official statement from Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) on Saturday.