Hundreds of Indonesian workers staged a protest on Tuesday outside a Chinese-owned nickel plant in Central Sulawesi province, where a furnace explosion killed 13 people and injured dozens more on Sunday. The workers demanded justice and compensation for the victims, as well as better safety standards and working conditions at the plant, which is part of the Indonesia Morowali Industrial …

On December 25, 2023, a massive explosion rocked a nickel plant in Morowali, Indonesia, killing 13 people and injuring 38 others. The blast was caused by a gas leak that ignited a fire in the furnace area of the plant, which produces nickel pig iron, a raw material for stainless steel.  The plant is owned by a joint venture between …