Indonesia Antam eyes 5.2 mln tonnes nickel ore exports in 2019

JAKARTA, March 11 (Reuters) – * Indonesian state miner PT Aneka Tambang (Antam) is targeting 5.2 million tonnes of nickel ore exports this year and 2.59 million tonnes of bauxite exports, director Tatang Hendra told reporters on Monday * This would be up sharply from 2018, when Antam exported about 3.9 million tonnes of nickel ore and 840,000 tonnes of bauxite * The company is aiming to produce 10.51 million tonnes of nickel ore in 2019, 30,280 tonnes of ferronickel and 3.17 million tonnes of bauxite, he said, above last year’s output