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Benchmark: Indonesia could become major cobalt producer; forecasts 30x boost

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Indonesia is both the world’s largest nickel producer and the country with the biggest nickel reserves. Most of Indonesia’s nickel output is currently Class 2 nickel , a low-purity type used for stainless steel. This would bring Indonesia into second place for cobalt mining, after the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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US intelligence and defense agencies say such environmental changes can lead to energy insecurity, water and food shortages, and social instability. The distributed nature of a SABMF network reduces feedstock supply risk, does not burden local water supplies and maximizes rural development and job creation. Protection of IPRs.