{
  "id": 11104434,
  "title": "IBC urges policy support to streamline nickel battery industry, fend off imports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/ibc-urges-policy-support-to-streamline-nickel-battery-industry-fend",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-01T03:41:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Jakarta Post",
    "slug": "the-jakarta-post",
    "url": "https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/01/ibc-urges-policy-support-to-streamline-nickel-battery-industry-fend-off-imports.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The head of Indonesia Battery Corporation (IBC), a state-owned battery holding company, has called for stronger, more integrated policy support to streamline the nickel battery industry. This is necessary to better meet domestic demand and build resilience against foreign imports aiming to enter the local electric vehicle (EV) market. IBC President Director Aditya Farhan Arif stated that while Indonesia has a growing EV market, its battery and mineral industries are not sufficiently linked to this demand, with only around 4,000 nickel batteries used in the country's 100,000 EV sales last year.\n\nAccording to Arif, merely expanding battery production is not enough to establish an integrated domestic industry. The company also requires fiscal support and policies that create predictable demand, allowing locally made batteries to compete with imports. He pointed out that other countries employ large incentives to aid their battery industries in achieving economies of scale. Without fiscal support, Arif added, overseas producers with surplus capacity could increasingly target Indonesia, competing on price as they seek new markets.\n\nIndonesia is endowed with the world's largest nickel reserves, accounting for approximately 46 percent of the global total. The government aims to maximize value by processing the metal into EV battery cells and packs.",
  "summary": "The head of the state-owned battery holding company has urged stronger, more integrated policy support to streamline the nickel battery industry so it could better meet domestic demand and build resilience against foreign imports seeking to enter the local EV market.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}