{"id":37236,"date":"2026-07-23T07:32:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T04:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=37236"},"modified":"2026-07-23T07:32:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T04:32:20","slug":"indonesia-shouldnt-bet-its-nickel-future-on-chinas-evs-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=37236","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia shouldn\u2019t bet its nickel future on China\u2019s EVs alone"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Indonesia-Nickel-Mining.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>Indonesia is building a battery industry and an EV ecosystem as part of its broader nickel downstreaming agenda. The objective is that downstreaming should not stop at smelters. 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