PT Vale and GEM sign $1.4bn HPAL deal in boost for new Indonesian president

Indonesia’s recently inagurated president Prabowo Subianto witnessed the signing of a $1.4 billion high pressure acid leach (HPAL) agreement between PT Vale Indonesia and China’s GEM in Beijing last week, an early success for the new president’s ambition to continue the ‘downstreaming’ policy that defined predecessor Joko Widodo’s tenure in office. Under the terms of […]