The Minister of Industry (Menperin) Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita reported that currently Indonesia has 91 smelters or mineral refining plants, 48 smelters are operational, and the remaining 43 are still in the construction stage. "Based on data from the Ministry of Industry (Ministry of Industry), as of February 1, 2023 there were 91 smelters in Indonesia with details of 48 operating and the others in the construction phase," said Agus in a Joint Working Meeting with Commission VII DPR, Tuesday (14/2/2023).
As for the smelter locations that are currently operating, most are in Central Sulawesi Province with 25 smelters. Then, Maluku Province with 22 smelters, Southeast Sulawesi with 12 smelters, West Kalimantan with 10 smelters, and others with 34 smelters located in various provinces throughout Indonesia. "Of the 48 smelters that have been operating cumulatively based on their commodity, these smelters have investment capacity as well as employment," he said.
Investment capacity and employment by commodity. The nickel smelter has an annual production capacity of 262,560 tons, with a total investment of IDR 5.5 trillion, and a total employment of 2,327 people. Then, the steel smelter has an annual production capacity of 1.6 million tons with a total investment of IDR 15.96 trillion, and a workforce of 2,729 people. The copper smelter has an annual production capacity of 150 thousand tons with an investment so far of IDR 266 billion, and employs 525 people. Furthermore, the aluminum smelter has an annual production capacity of 544,563 tons with a total investment of IDR 15.66 trillion, and employment of 1,893 people.
