PT Merdeka Battery Materials Tbk (MBMA) mulai membangun pabrik pengolahan nikel High-Pressure Acid Leach (HPAL) dengan nilai investasi USD1,8 miliar atau Rp29 triliun. Langkah itu dilakukan setelah perseroan mengamankan pinjaman sindikasi dari sejumlah bank.
Pabrik HPAL ini akan dibangun dan dioperasikan oleh PT Sulawesi Nickel Cobalt (SLNC), perusahaan patungan (joint venture) antara entitas afiliasi MBMA, PT Merdeka Energi Baru (MEB) dan anak usaha Huayou Cobalt Co., Ltd.
Pabrik HPAL ini akan dibangun dan dioperasikan oleh PT Sulawesi Nickel Cobalt (SLNC), perusahaan patungan (joint venture) antara entitas afiliasi MBMA, PT Merdeka Energi Baru (MEB) dan anak usaha Huayou Cobalt Co., Ltd.
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00:00Thank you for joining us again, I'm Pomi Yarsa.
00:07Let's go to the information about ME10.
00:09We start with PT Merdeka Battery Materials CBK
00:12to pursue business expansion.
00:14The latest exciting corporate action
00:16signs a definitive agreement with strategic partners
00:19to build a high-pressure acid-leach factory
00:22with an estimated investment value of Jumbo.
00:26PT Merdeka Battery Materials CBK
00:28pursues business expansion
00:30by signing a definitive agreement
00:32with strategic partners
00:34to build a high-pressure acid-leach factory
00:37with an estimated investment value of Jumbo.
00:42This HPL factory is designed
00:44to have a capacity of 90 tons of nickel
00:47in the form of mixed hydroxide precipitate per year.
00:50This HPL factory will be built and operated
00:53by PT Sulawesi Nickel Cobalt.
00:55The construction of the HPL-SLNC project
00:58began in January 2025
01:00with a commissioning target of 18 months.
01:03The total combined investment
01:05for the construction of this HPL-SLNC factory
01:08is estimated to reach around US$1.8 billion.
01:12The HPL-SLNC project
01:14is expected to reach US$1.8 billion.
01:17MBMA investment through its affiliation
01:20PT Merdeka Energi Baru
01:22which has 50.1% shares in SLNC.
01:25In order to support the development of this project,
01:28SLNC borrows funds from a number of banks.
01:34SLNC will acquire and manage
01:36Laterit Bijinikel through a commercial agreement
01:39with a subsidiary of MBMA,
01:41PT Sulawesi Cahaya Mineral.
01:43MBMA will also build a seed preparation factory
01:46or Feed Preparation Plant in Tambang SCM
01:49to support the transportation of seeds
01:51through pipes to the SLNC manufacturing factory.
01:56This year, MBMA is focused on working on the HPL-SLNC project
02:00and pursuing the completion of the acid factory, Iron Metals.
02:06MBMA aims to maintain positive performance
02:08in the middle of the outlook of the market
02:10and the price of nickel is still challenging.
02:12MBMA income comes from the sale of nickel seeds
02:15and the increase in the value of hydrization.