PT Vale Indonesia Tbk is an integrated nickel mining and processing company, with its primary operations located in the Sorowako Block, South Sulawesi Province. Utilizing pyrometallurgical and smelting technologies, the company processes laterite nickel ore into nickel in matte, with a 2024 production target of 70,800 metric tons. PT Vale operates under a Special Mining Business License (IUPK), valid until December 28, 2035. The concession area spans 118,017 hectares, covering South Sulawesi (70,566 ha), Central Sulawesi (22,699 ha), and Southeast Sulawesi (24,752 ha).

The company is currently advancing its Indonesia Growth Project (IGP), which includes High-Pressure Acid Leach (HPAL) facilities in Pomalaa (a USD 4.5 billion collaboration with Ford and Huayou), Morowali (USD 2 billion with GEM Co. Ltd), and Sorowako Limonite (USD 2.3 billion with Huayou). These strategic initiatives support Indonesia’s downstream industrialization policy and are expected to generate over 12,000 jobs by the end of 2025, reinforcing PT Vale’s role in sustainable mining and the global energy transition.

PT Vale has commenced nickel ore sales from the Pomalaa Block, with an initial quota of 200,000 metric tons fulfilled in late 2024. This milestone was followed by the launch of mining operations and domestic saprolite ore sales from the Morowali Block in Central Sulawesi, which began in mid-2025.