JAKARTA/OBI ISLAND, Indonesia -- In just a few years, the western part of the far-flung Obi island in Indonesia's North Maluku province has been transformed beyond all recognition.
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A worker at Harita Nickel's refinery on Obi island in eastern Indonesia examines lumps of mixed hydroxide precipitate, which contains nickel and cobalt. (Photo by Dimas Ardian)
JAKARTA/OBI ISLAND, Indonesia -- In just a few years, the western part of the far-flung Obi island in Indonesia's North Maluku province has been transformed beyond all recognition.