Indonesia is the world’s largest coal exporter. Posco Korean Corporation with the assistance of Krakatau Steel (Indonesia) at the end of last year launched first of all an integrated metallurgical plant with a capacity of three million tons per year. The new plant will significantly reduce the need of Indonesia for imported flat semi-finished products, which will hit the companies in Russia, since recently Indonesia has been one of the largest buyers of slabs in Southeast Asia. In Indonesia in 2013, the consumption of steel per capita was fifty kilograms a year, traders suggest that in the near future the situation will not change. The Korean Corporation plans to build and launch in Indonesia the second stage of a metallurgical plant with a capacity of six million tons per year. The Ministry of Industry of Indonesia announced eight more planned metallurgical projects with a total capacity of 3.8 million per year. Indonesia is currently the largest supplier of bauxite and various ores in the world. At the same time, the share of world supplies of nickel ores is from 18 to 20 percent, from 9 to10 % of bauxite, 3 % copper.
