{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a13c15d-181a-4a2e-a662-739d0e7f731a/6848953fd911dedd65798844?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How Indonesia cornered the nickel market","description":"<p>A decade ago, Indonesia produced only 6% of the world’s supply of refined nickel. Now, it has&nbsp;a de facto monopoly on the market. How did it happen? The FT’s Jakarta correspondent A. Anantha Lakshmi and FT’s commodities correspondent Camilla Hodgson examine what propelled this explosive growth and how China helped it happen.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>For further reading:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/0bbbe7c7-12a1-43ba-8bef-c5c546367a0e\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘The Opec of nickel’: Indonesia’s control of a critical metal</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/56013ee9-f456-4646-895c-aeb65a685f85\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘Production first, safety later’: inside the world’s largest nickel site</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/e42d5e3e-30ff-4698-8348-d0e6731f2271\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Western miner Eramet sees no profits in nickel processing without Chinese partners</a></p><p><br></p><p>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Follow A. Anantha Lakshmi and Camilla Hodgson on X (<a href=\"https://twitter.com/AnanthalakshmiA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@AnanthalakshmiA</a>) (<a href=\"https://twitter.com/CamillaHodgson\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@CamillaHodgson</a>). Michela Tindera is on X (<a href=\"https://twitter.com/mtindera07\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@mtindera07</a>) and Bluesky (<a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/mtindera.ft.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@mtindera.ft.com</a>), or follow her on LinkedIn for updates about the show and more.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/783e3994-2e9d-4b4c-8052-6c9627a335f4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}