PT Halmahera Persada Lygend (Indonesia) Website
PT Halmahera Persada Lygend is a joint venture by Lygend Resources & Technology Co., Ltd. and our Indonesian partner. The HPAL Project, a nickel hydrometallurgy project utilizing the High Pressure Acid Leach (“HPAL”) process under construction by the company, is the first project that has reached full production capacity. Located on the Obi Island, Indonesia, the project is planned with an aggregate designed production capacity of 120,000 metal tons of nickel-cobalt compounds (including 14,250 metal tons of cobalt) per annum when all production lines are put into operation. The production lines are expected to produce nickel-cobalt compounds, including mixed hydroxide precipitate (“MHP”), nickel sulfate and cobalt sulfate.
As of November 14 2022, two nickel-cobalt compounds production lines under phase I of the HPAL project, with an aggregate designed production capacity of 37,000 metal tons of nickel-cobalt compounds (including 4,500 metal tons of cobalt) per annum, have been successfully put into operation and are currently producing MHP. Another nickel-cobalt compounds production line under phase II of the project, with a designed production capacity of 18,000 metal tons of nickel-cobalt compounds (including 2,250 metal tons of cobalt) per annum, is expected to commence production in the fourth quarter of 2022. The remaining three nickel-cobalt compounds production lines under phase III of the project, with an aggregate designed production capacity of 65,000 metal tons of nickel-cobalt compounds (including 7,500 metal tons of cobalt) per annum, are expected to commence production in the fourth quarter of 2023.
