Short Cuts: In Sorowako
Adam Bobbette, 18 August 2022
Sorowako, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, is the site of one of the largest nickel mines on earth. Nickel is an invisible part of many everyday objects: it disappears into stainless steel, the heating elements of domestic appliances and the electrodes of rechargeable batteries. It was formed here more than two million years ago, when the hills that surround Sorowako began to emerge...
