Profil PT Weda Bay Nickel

Profil Perusahaan / Lembaga - PT. Weda Bay Nickel
Deskripsi Perusahaan / Kelembagaan

PT Weda Bay Nickel (WBN) is a world-class nickel and cobalt mining and hydrometallurgical processing company being developed on the island of Halmahera, located in the North Maluku Province of the Republic of Indonesia. PT WBN is owned by Singapore based company, Strand Minerals PTE. LTD. (Strand) and the Indonesian state-owned mining Company PT (Persero) Aneka Tambang Tbk. (ANTAM). Strand itself is owned by ERAMET S.A. and Mitsubishi Corporation and PAMCO.

PT Weda Bay Nickel (WBN) signed the 7th Generation Contract of Work (CoW) with the Government of the Republic of Indonesia in February 1998 for nickel and cobalt mining and processing within a contract area of 54,874 hectares in the Central Halmahera and East Halmahera Regencies of the North Maluku Province.

Under the CoW, the Government gives WBN, as a foreign investment company, the right to conduct on its own account all stages of operations. The CoW is based on a production period of 30 years which could be extended to 50 years by an additional two 10 year periods.

The Project of WBN represents the biggest single planned investment in a new mining and ore processing venture for 15 years. It also provides the opportunity of introducing an innovative hydrometallurgical process - developed by ERAMET - to be implemented according to sustainable development philosophy to provide added value to the natural resources of Indonesia as well as positive and long-term benefits to its people and to the Project’s shareholders.

PT. Weda Bay Nickel sudah mulai melaksanakan konstruksi pabrik pengolahan pemurnian bijih nikel dengan teknologi pirometalurgi / RKEF berkapasitas 30.000 ton Ni per tahun, yang berlokasi di Kawasan Industri PT. IWIP. Pabrik ini direncanakan beroperasi produksi di tahun 2020 dimana akan menyerap sekitar 2.500 tenaga kerja pada saat kegiatan konstruksi, operasi pabrik pengolahan dan kegiatan pertambangan.

PT. WBN telah memperoleh AMDAL di tahun 2009 dari Pemerintah Provinsi Maluku Utara yang mencakup kegiatan pertambangan dan pemurnian. Pada tahun 2014 AMDAL tersebut ditingkatkan menjadi Ijin Lingkungan yang diterbitkan oleh Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup. PT. WBN berkomitmen terhadap perlindungan dan pengelolaan lingkungan hidup dengan memastikan kebijakan lingkungan, Rencana Pengelolaan dan Pemantauan Lingkungan serta hirariki mitigasi dalam penanganan dampak lingkungan.

Corporate Social Responsibility atau program tanggung jawab perusahan berpedoman pada prinsip pembangunan berkelanjutan dan berfokus pada 4 pilar yaitu peningkatan kesehatan, Pendidikan, pengembangan ekonomi lokal dan daerah serta peningkatan infrastruktur.