Indonesia OBI Nickel-Cobalt Project Unit Converter successfully capped

Published: Jul 28, 2020 15:39

Source: Wechat official account of the sixth Construction of Sinochem

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SMM News: July 23, China Chemical Engineering No. 6 Construction Co., Ltd. Indonesia Branch OBI Nickel-Cobalt Project sulfur huang sulphuric acid plant 2 converters successfully capped.

The project is located in (OBI), Obi Island, South Hamahera County, North Maluku Province, Indonesia, using international advanced wet smelting technology to extract Indonesia's rich laterite nickel ore. After the completion of the project, it will have an annual capacity of 240000 tons of nickel and cobalt hydroxide. Sulfur huang sulphuric acid plant is the precondition of the whole nickel-cobalt project, and the converter is the key equipment of sulfuric acid plant.

At present, the epidemic situation overseas continues to spread, and it is also the rainy season in Indonesia. Liuhua Construction's project in Indonesia has launched a "two hundred battles for anti-epidemic and harvest protection", focusing on epidemic prevention and control on the one hand and construction and production on the other. So far, there have been no confirmed or suspected cases in the project, the personnel are stable, and the construction of converters and other devices is in steady progress.

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