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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)

ERWIDA MAULIA, Nikkei staff writer

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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