Governors of South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi and Central Sulawesi have rejected the extension of the contract of work of nickel mining company PT Vale Indonesia Tbk. They also requested the government to hand over the concession to the provincial administration owned enterprises (BUMD).
"We considered that there should not be an option for the extension for them [Vale]," South Sulawesi Governor Andi Sudirman Sulaiman said in a hearing with the House of Representatives (DPR)'s Commission VII overseeing energy and industry on September 8, 2022.