Product Code: ETC092447 | Publication Date: Jul 2023 | Updated Date: Jan 2024 | Product Type: Report | |
Publisher: 6Wresearch | No. of Pages: 70 | No. of Figures: 35 | No. of Tables: 5 | |
Indonesia is home to a large and rapidly growing mining sector, which plays an important role in the country?s economic development. The production of copper, chromium, zirconium and other minerals has grown significantly over the past decade as demand for these metals increases globally. Indonesia has become one of the world leading producers of copper and chromium, while zirconium reserves are also abundant in the country.
The demand for Indonesia Copper, Chromium and Zirconium exports have seen strong growth over recent years due to increased global demand for these metals from major economies such as China. Prices have been fairly stable with occasional spikes driven by supply side issues or geopolitical events such as US sanctions against Iran or trade disputes between China and the US/EU. The increasing popularity of electric vehicles (EV) has also had a positive impact on prices as EV manufacturers require larger amounts of Copper and Chromium compared to traditional combustion engine cars. In addition, efforts by Indonesia authorities to reduce illegal mining operations are helping improve market conditions in terms of quality control standards and pricing levels.
The rapid rise in global population growth combined with urbanization trends around the world is driving up demand for all types of raw materials including copper, chromium & zirconium which are essential components used across multiple sectors like construction & manufacturing industries etc., thus giving a boost to their respective markets globally along with that in Indonesia too where extraction activity is quite high when it comes to these minerals & ores. Additionally, advancement in technology especially related to renewable energy sources like solar PV panels, electric vehicles etc requires higher quantity & improved quality material inputs which will further fuel this industry segment?s activities both nationally & internationally.
Due to COVID-19 pandemic this year there was initially significant drop off observed during first quarter Q1 2020 but since then we`ve seen some recovery coming back after government relaxed lockdowns although its still not at pre-crisis levels yet. Despite that certain projects related extracting chrome ore were already delayed due prior regulatory concerns resulting into lower output than anticipated earlier on top it all sudden shift consumer preferences towards digitalisation leading less reliance on physical products where metal ore play crucial role further adds more pressure upon this sector overall.
Despite strong potential, investing into Indonesia mining sector can be quite challenging due mainly regulatory issues concerning land rights allocation confusion between central government local authorities regulations etc... As result investors might find difficult acquire clearances needed before start operating feeling sometimes insecure about legal status their investments thus hindering expansion plans within this market space.
Major players present within Indonesia copper chrome & zircon segment include PT Freeport Indonesia Antam Pongkor Mines & Newcrest Mining Ltd among others.