Status
Operational: Operating
Product: Mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP). Capacity: 40. kt/yr (Legacy figure; nickel contained; not re-verified).
GEM Indonesia HPAL JV with CATL; Morowali; feeds Jingmen pCAM lines; Samsung SDI strategic involvement; Indonesian nickel concentration risk.
Customers and offtakers: GEM captive + Samsung SDI.
Plant record
Plant record
| Company | GEM |
| Plant | Indonesia JV (QMB New Energy) |
| City | Morowali |
| State or province | Central Sulawesi |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Stage | chemical |
| Chemistry or product | Mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP) |
| Capacity (kt/yr) | 40. |
| Capacity basis | Legacy figure; nickel contained; not re-verified |
| Status | operational |
| Status note | Operating |
| Scale | commercial |
| Start year | 2021 |
| Investment (US$ billion) | 0. |
| Customers and offtakers | GEM captive + Samsung SDI |
| Feedstock | Nickel laterite |
| Metal inputs | Ni / Co |
| Geopolitical exposure | HIGH |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
In context
Where it fits
Listed in Cathode Active Materials. Cathode plants are compared on stage (chemical, precursor or finished CAM), chemistry, capacity and qualified customers; a plant qualified for one chemistry and one cell maker is not interchangeable supply.
| Plant | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Jingmen pCAM Base (GEM) | China | operational |
| Obi Island HPAL (Halmahera Persada Lygend) (Harita Nickel and Lygend) | Indonesia | operational |
| Huafei Nickel Cobalt (Weda Bay HPAL) (Huayou Cobalt) | Indonesia | operational |
| Huayue Nickel Cobalt (Morowali HPAL) (Huayou Cobalt) | Indonesia | operational |
| Indonesia Battery Integration Project (CATL (Brunp) with Antam and IBC) | Indonesia | under construction |
| Indonesia JV (Stargate) (CNGR Advanced Material) | Indonesia | under construction |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Indonesia JV (QMB New Energy) (GEM)
- Sources
- ElectronsX cathode dataset; company disclosures and filings
- Updated
- 2026-10