Vale's (NYSE:VALE) Indonesia unit and Chinese battery metal producer GEM Co. signed an agreement to build a $1.42B nickel plant in the Southeast Asian country, Bloomberg reported Monday.

The companies signed a framework agreement for a high-pressure acid leach facility to

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