Indonesia never had high grade nickel ores, they have mostly laterite ore deposits, which require High Pressure Acid Leaching (HPAL) to extract the nickel, a process that became economical only about 10 or so years ago. Prior to this, the preferred ore was sulfide ore which was processed using conventional methods which were less energy and initial capital intensive. Non Chinese mining companies like Sumitomo and Vale spent fortunes in developing projects like Ambatovy in Madagascar and Goro in New Caledonia which are both considered failed projects as they will never give a positive ROI at this point. Chinese companies were able to make a breakthrough in HPAL technology which made Indonesian projects viable.
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I wouldn’t know, back in my day no one had laptops, they were too expensive and smartphones hadn’t been developed yet unless you count piece or garbage PocketPC or Palm Treos. I actually wrote some letters in BMQ/DP1.
Sure this makes me sound old… when I was young, the old guys would tell me that we had it easy because they had to carry C1s (FAL).
I recently did a brief and they state that Lenovo laptops are on a blacklist like huawei phones.
For $450, you can own a piece of fake FIFA grass for 2026.
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I should have said high grade laterite ores. Indonesian laterite ores used to have higher nickel content than the laterite ores from places like the Philippines but that is no longer the case.
Fuck this is worse than selling Taylor Swift wedding trash.
The FIFA grass price you were looking at is the peasant edition.
This is the state of the world today — while many people struggle to stay food secure/find a roof over their heads, rich dumb fucks pay thousands to buy literal grass and garbage.