Indonesian Antam’s bauxite production up in H1
According to statistics from PT Aneka Tambang (Antam), a state-owned diversified mining company in Indonesia, in the first half of this year, the production of bauxite was around 597,000 wet tons, up by 43% compared to the same period a year ago. The sales volume was around 610,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 138%.
Besides, in the same period, Antam’s nickel ore totaled around 4.8 million wet tons, up by 27% year on year; the sales volume was doubled to 4 million wet tons roughly compared to the first half of last year.
As for nickel in ferronickel (TNi), the production amounted to approximately 13,000 tons from January to June, a year-on-year growth of 2%. The sales volume had a year-on-year increase of 5% to around 13,200 tons.
