PT Vale Indonesia Tbk

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PT Vale Indonesia Tbk · Company · Eco Mining Data

Under permit

115,720ha^[2]

Ending within 12 months

0^[1]

SDG scorecard

Three axes, never merged into one number

86/100

63/100

8 more goals have no data yet (see “What we don’t know yet”).

No goal rated orange or red with the data available.

A · Context status

How the area is doing on measured SDG indicators (SDSN normalisation, 0–100).

Reliability D2 of 14 indicators with data · oldest input 31 Dec 2025 · 1 out of date

River water quality (pollution index) · 6.3.2
Data gap · no data for this subject
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Air quality (ISPU, proxy for PM2.5) · 11.6.2
1 inputs · 9 Aug 2026 · out of date^[7]
42 ISPUAchieved · 86/100
Population below the national poverty line · 1.2.1
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: BPS Susenas (regency) / SDGs Desa · planned in S2
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Stunting in children under five · 2.2.1
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: SKI / Riskesdas (Kemenkes) · planned in S2
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Mortality from air pollution · 3.9.1
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: CAMS / Sentinel-5P exposure + GBD · planned in S2
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NO₂ in the air above background (satellite) · 11.6.2
Data gap · no data for this subject
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Lower-secondary completion rate · 4.1.2
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: BPS Indikator TPB / PODES · planned in S2
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River stations above the pollution limit · 6.3.2
Data gap · no data for this subject
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Households with safe drinking water · 6.1.1
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: PODES (BPS) / SDGs Desa · planned in S2
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Access to electricity · 7.1.1
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: PODES (BPS) / VIIRS night lights · planned in S2
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Unemployment rate · 8.5.2
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: BPS Sakernas (regency) · planned in S2
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Coastal sediment and tailings plumes · 14.1.1
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: Sentinel-2/3 plume detection · planned in S2
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Tree cover left (canopy in 2000 minus loss since) · 15.1.1
4 inputs · 31 Dec 2025 · current^[6]
62.9 %Challenges remain · 63/100
Degraded land (UNCCD method) · 15.3.1
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: Trends.Earth (land cover, productivity, soil carbon) · planned in S2
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B · Target gap and trend

Distance to RPJMN 2025–2029 / RAD TPB targets and the trend per indicator.

Reliability D0 of 2 indicators with data

Distance to RPJMN 2025-2029 / RAD TPB targets
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: Indikator TPB metadata (Bappenas) + RAD TPB per province/regency · planned in S2
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Trend per indicator (on track / moderate / stagnating / decreasing)
Data gap · source not connected yet · Needs: Yearly series of the axis A indicators · planned in S2
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C · Mining

Exposure to mining, shown raw. Not attribution: the causal model (DiD, synthetic control) follows in S3.

Reliability C4 of 10 indicators with data · oldest input 31 Dec 2019

Permits overlapping protected areas · 15.5
3 inputs · 18 Oct 2026 · current^[2]
1,204.5 ha
Mercury / ASGM sites (unconfirmed signals) · 12.4
Visible to trusted partners
Mining footprint (satellite) · 15.3
55 inputs · 31 Dec 2019^[3]
3,306.2 ha
Reclamation gap (disturbed minus reclaimed) · 15.3
Visible with a free account
Forest lost in the last 5 data years · 15.2
4 inputs · 31 Dec 2025 · current^[6]
5,378.4 ha
Permits within 5 km of mangrove · 14.2

No imputation: an indicator without data stays visibly empty. Goalposts and thresholds are in the indicator register.

Facts

Permits held: 4

Who owns this

From this company up to its group and down to its permits. Every link shows where it comes from and how sure we are.

Registered holder

PT Vale Indonesia TbkConfidence C

PT Tbk
4 permits

The name in the official permit register. That is not always the company that owns the business.

Beneficial owner (the people behind it)

Not available

The beneficial owner register of the Indonesian company authority (AHU / OSS) is only open under a formal agreement. Until then we do not guess names.

AHU: how to apply for access

Parent or groupNot in our data yetOpenCorporates would add this: get a key

PT Vale Indonesia TbkPT TbkConfidence C

1 permitHolder since 3 May 2024

+1 other permit

Owners above
- Parent or groupNot in our data yetOpenCorporates would add this: get a key
Registered holder
- PT Vale Indonesia TbkPT TbkConfidence C
Permits and subsidiaries
- 1 permitHolder since 3 May 2024
- 1 permitHolder since 3 May 2024
- 1 permitHolder since 3 May 2024
- +1 other permit

No owner or group above this company is in our data yet. The registered holder is all we can show for sure.

Holder changes

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More owners need a key

These sources would add owners and the people behind them. They are switched off until a key or agreement is in place.

OpenCorporatesParent companies and shareholders from company registers around the world.Waiting for a key
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AHU / OSS beneficial ownershipThe people who ultimately own and control an Indonesian company.Waiting for a keyNeeds a formal agreement
Get a key · AHU / OSS beneficial ownership

Ribbon thickness shows the stake where we know it. Dashed means a weaker or unstated link. A name is shown only for companies: natural persons are never named here.

Where does the ore go

From the mines of this company to the industrial parks that most likely process their ore. What we know, what we infer and what we cannot see are kept apart.

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Where does the ore go?

Most likely: Bahodopi industrial zone (Morowali)Inferred

99.5 km away in a straight line. Inferred from distance, not from a delivery record.

Read this first Ore does not always go to the nearest park. A mine can have its own smelter, or sell across regions. Lines marked inferred use straight-line distance within 250 km and are never a delivery record. Ribbon thickness is not a volume.

MineIndustrial parkKnown relationInferred by distance

Pomalaa smelter zone (Kolaka)

2 power units · 60 MW

Companies in the park

PT Aneka Tambang Tbk60 MW

Park units: Global Energy Monitor, Global Integrated Power Tracker (CC BY 4.0, Mar 2026).

Morosi industrial zone (Konawe)

21 power units · 3,150 MW

Companies in the park

PT Obsidian Stainless Steel2,220 MW
PT Virtue Dragon Nickel Industry530 MW
PT PLN (Persero)400 MW

Park units: Global Energy Monitor, Global Integrated Power Tracker (CC BY 4.0, Mar 2026).

Bahodopi industrial zone (Morowali)

20 power units · 5,570 MW

Companies in the park

PT Sulawesi Mining Investment1,650 MW
PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel1,400 MW
Indonesia Wanjia Ferro Nickel Co Ltd380 MW
Indonesia Huaqing Aluminum Co Ltd380 MW
Indonesia Zhaohui Ferro Nickel Co Ltd380 MW
PT Walsin Nickel Industrial Indonesia350 MW
+4 more

Park units: Global Energy Monitor, Global Integrated Power Tracker (CC BY 4.0, Mar 2026).

Distances are straight lines between the centre of the permit and the centre of the park.

Export, buyers and ships need a key

These stages stay empty until a key is in place. We show the gap instead of guessing.

UN ComtradeYearly exports by product and destination country.Waiting for a key
Get a key · UN Comtrade
aisstream.ioShips calling at the jetties, from live ship positions.Waiting for a key
Get a key · aisstream.io

Mining footprint

Physical land disturbance mapped from imagery (2018–2019). Pollution is measured separately and is not included.

Mining footprint (satellite, 2018–2019): 3,306.2 ha^[3]
Inside this permit area: 3,306.2 ha
Share of the area: 2.9 %
Footprint polygons: 55

Per source (own polygons)

Cheng et al. 2026 (2017–2022, land-use classes): 3,227.3 ha · 45^[4]
Maus et al. 2022 (2019 imagery): 8,452.1 ha · 10^[5]

The total counts land once where sources overlap (Cheng et al. 2026, then Maus et al. 2022, then ESMI digitised).

Forest loss

Tree-cover loss 2001–2025, where tree cover in 2000 was at least 30 %. Annual satellite data (Hansen / University of Maryland).

Tree-cover loss 2001–2025: 33,082.5 ha^[6]
Of which 2021–2025: 5,378.4 ha^[6]
Tree cover in 2000: 106,199 ha
Share of the 2000 tree cover: 31.2 %

Per year (last ten)

2016: 4,866.6 ha
2017: 1,912.5 ha
2018: 912.4 ha
2019: 932.6 ha
2020: 779.9 ha
2021: 552.3 ha
2022: 750.6 ha
2023: 1,275.7 ha
2024: 1,187.7 ha
2025: 1,612.1 ha

Adds up the 4 permits of this company; where permits overlap, the loss counts twice.

Loss means tree cover was removed: clearing, but also plantation harvest or fire. It is not a finding of illegal deforestation, and the data is yearly, not monthly.

Recovery after mining

What the land inside the mining footprint looks like from space, year by year (1990–2025)

Actively mined

Mining ground was still seen in the last few years.

Footprint polygons: 43
Ever disturbed: 3,044 ha
Vegetation back: 542 ha
Abandoned ≥ 5 years, still bare or water: 55 ha

Figures are sums over all polygons; the status of a group is the status with the largest area.

Area by status

Actively mined2,439 ha 74 %
Abandoned, bare ground5.3 ha 0 %
Abandoned, water-filled pit52 ha 2 %
Natural regrowth49 ha 1 %
Managed restoration493 ha 15 %
Converted to other use5.2 ha 0 %
Not visible at 30 m266 ha 8 %

Key years

First mining: 1990
Peak mining: 2019
Last mining: 2025
Mining stopped: –

Status per polygon

Free account · Status per polygon, with confidence, the rule that decided it and its life history, needs a free account.

Show on the map National overview

Satellite land cover, not reported reclamation: ESDM reclamation reports are not used. Sources: MapBiomas Indonesia Collection 5 (30 m, CC BY-SA 4.0), JRC Tropical Moist Forest; footprint Maus et al. 2022 and Cheng et al. 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); ESDM MODI permit layer. Method rec-1.0 · computed Oct 19, 2026

Promise versus reality

What was promised in public documents, next to what the satellite measures on the same land.

No sourced promises are registered for this company yet. Nothing is assumed: a promise appears here only after it was quoted from a public document and checked by a second reviewer.

Reclamation plans, PPKH obligations, reforestation commitments, sustainability-report targets and zero-deforestation pledges are measured against the recovery status and the forest-loss record of the same land.

How this is measured

A promise is a quote of a public document: the source link and its SHA-256 are shown, and it appears here only after review by a second person.
Delivered is the gain in revegetated land since the year of the promise, from the yearly land-cover maps (MapBiomas, to –) on the footprint polygons of the permit or company. Land that is mined again counts against it.
A per-year plan is multiplied by the years in its period. If the deadline lies beyond the data, the amount due is the linear share up to the last data year, and the state is on pace or behind, never missed.
The grade compares delivered with due: A from 90%, B from 70%, C from 40%, D below. The range follows the promise year plus or minus one year, because the maps are yearly.
A zero-deforestation pledge looks at tree-cover loss (Hansen, to –) in the years after the pledge year: A none, B within the noise (1 ha or 0.1% of the tree cover), C up to 1%, D more.
Next to the grade you see the mined land today, new tree-cover loss and how much land was opened versus reclaimed. Before and after frames come from the time machine.

A grade compares a number in a document with a number from space. It does not judge intent or legality.

Company profile and coverage

What is realistically knowable for this kind of company, what we have, and what is still missing

Coverage has not been computed for this company yet.

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Permits

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Timeline

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Own statements vs independent coverage

Own statements are published by the organisation itself (press releases, IDX disclosures, its own website). Independent coverage comes from media, NGOs, courts, government and aggregators.

Own statement 14 own statements

No own statements found.

Independent 11 independent articles

No independent coverage found.

Mention volume

Articles per month that mention the organisation (last 36 months).

Tone over time

Average tone of the articles per month, from −1 (negative) to +1 (positive).

Right of reply

Incidents linked to this organisation after review, with its reply.

No reviewed incidents are linked to this organisation.

Observations

Latest reading per station in the region

Visible with a free account · Measurements per stationSign in

Financial and production figures

Company-published figures, not ESMI measurements.

History of this profile

Same log for everyone · nothing is deleted

No changes by the company yet.

What we don't know yet

25 gaps

River water quality (pollution index)
No data for this subject
Population below the national poverty line
Needs: BPS Susenas (regency) / SDGs Desa
Not connected yet
Stunting in children under five
Needs: SKI / Riskesdas (Kemenkes)
Not connected yet
Mortality from air pollution
Needs: CAMS / Sentinel-5P exposure + GBD
Not connected yet
NO₂ in the air above background (satellite)
No data for this subject
Lower-secondary completion rate
Needs: BPS Indikator TPB / PODES
Not connected yet
River stations above the pollution limit
No data for this subject
Households with safe drinking water
Needs: PODES (BPS) / SDGs Desa
Not connected yet
Access to electricity
Needs: PODES (BPS) / VIIRS night lights
Not connected yet
Unemployment rate
Needs: BPS Sakernas (regency)
Not connected yet
Coastal sediment and tailings plumes
Needs: Sentinel-2/3 plume detection
Not connected yet
Degraded land (UNCCD method)
Needs: Trends.Earth (land cover, productivity, soil carbon)
Not connected yet
Distance to RPJMN 2025-2029 / RAD TPB targets

Sources

Kementerian ESDM geoportal (Minerba / Monaresia Wilayah Pertambangan), via legacy Eco Mining Data harvest · geoportal.esdm.go.id · retrieved 18 Oct 2026 · signal · unknown
Eco Mining Data computation: current permit geometries (ESDM) × area; overlap with WDPA protected areas · computed by Eco Mining Data · as of 18 Oct 2026 · signal · derived from the ESDM permit layer and WDPA (WDPA terms apply)Union of current permit geometries clipped to the subject; intersection with protected-area polygons; geodesic area
Eco Mining Data computation: mining footprint (Cheng et al. 2026 · Maus et al. 2022 · ESMI digitised) × subject; inside and outside current ESDM permit geometries · doi.org · computed by Eco Mining Data · as of 31 Dec 2019 · signal · derived from Cheng et al. 2026 and Maus et al. 2022 (CC BY-SA 4.0), ESMI digitised land and the ESDM permit layerFootprint polygons clipped to the subject (geodesic area), counted once where sources overlap (Cheng > Maus > ESMI); the part inside the union of current permit geometries vs outside known permit boundaries (ESDM). Outside is not a finding of illegality: it can be a data gap or an older permit.
Cheng et al. 2026 · Mining land-use classes inside global mining polygons (South-Eastern Asia) · doi.org · as of 31 Dec 2022 · signal · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maus et al. 2022 · Global-scale mining polygons (Version 2) · doi.org · as of 31 Dec 2019 · signal · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hansen Global Forest Change GFC-2025-v1.13 · glad.earthengine.app · as of 31 Dec 2025 · confirmed · CC BY 4.0Hansen, M. C. et al. 2013. High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change. Science 342: 850-53. Data: Global Forest Change 2000-2025 (v1.13), University of Maryland.
KLHK ISPU air-quality monitoring, via legacy MI · retrieved 18 Oct 2026 · signal · unknown

independent coverageown statements

Coverage by month

April 2026	1 independent article	0 own statements
July 2026	1 independent article	3 own statements
August 2026	0 independent articles	4 own statements
September 2026	0 independent articles	4 own statements
October 2026	2 independent articles	3 own statements

Show the numbers

Year	Mining ground	Bare ground	Water	Built-up	Farmland	Tree crops	Shrubs	Forest	Cloud or no data
1990	603	16	55	0	82	195	236	2,557	0
1991	603	16	55	0	82	194	236	2,557	0
1992	603	16	55	0	88	193	232	2,556	0
1993	603	16	55	0	90	192	232	2,556	0
1994	603	15	55	0	92	192	232	2,555	0
1995	588	20	54	0	119	95	301	2,566	0
1996	547	35	83	0	161	75	289	2,555	0
1997	535	37	92	0	198	66	292	2,525	0
1998	433	133	102	0	229	57	326	2,464	4
1999	351	172	111	0	254	59	366	2,431	6
2000	211	291	115	0	308	79	376	2,364	4
2001	192	300	117	0	329	177	337	2,291	4
2002	192	393	184	1	336	186	350	2,102	4
2003	187	385	227	1	372	191	370	2,010	5
2004	303	328	262	1	397	222	350	1,880	5
2005	292	329	265	1	451	223	360	1,823	10
2006	242	388	269	1	527	234	333	1,751	5
2007	243	438	267	1	567	218	341	1,669	6
2008	305	458	269	1	574	166	322	1,648	8
2009	526	462	269	3	545	146	295	1,498	15
2010	979	208	271	3	458	140	249	1,435	15
2011	1,189	252	273	3	370	74	231	1,352	13
2012	1,426	307	268	3	314	20	197	1,209	10
2013	2,188	155	265	3	103	32	100	898	0
2014	2,387	111	265	3	93	34	86	765	0
2015	2,566	172	265	3	81	32	78	546	0
2016	2,802	120	268	3	71	35	60	387	0
2017	2,940	125	268	3	74	32	59	242	0
2018	3,167	79	272	3	68	25	32	99	0
2019	3,255	29	269	4	66	22	25	73	0
2020	3,174	17	272	5	102	27	25	122	0
2021	3,009	34	275	5	133	33	63	193	0
2022	2,947	27	274	5	155	47	73	215	0
2023	2,837	14	268	5	191	92	90	247	0
2024	2,628	15	267	5	274	134	133	286	3
2025	2,220	26	276	7	549	163	172	331	7

Mining ground
Bare ground
Water
Built-up
Farmland
Tree crops
Shrubs
Forest
Cloud or no data

Peak mining 3,255 ha in 2019. In 2025: mining ground 2,220 ha, farmland 549 ha, forest 331 ha.

Show the numbers

Year	Mining ground	Bare ground	Water	Built-up	Farmland	Tree crops	Shrubs	Forest	Cloud or no data
1990	603	16	55	0	82	195	236	2,557	0
1991	603	16	55	0	82	194	236	2,557	0
1992	603	16	55	0	88	193	232	2,556	0
1993	603	16	55	0	90	192	232	2,556	0
1994	603	15	55	0	92	192	232	2,555	0
1995	588	20	54	0	119	95	301	2,566	0
1996	547	35	83	0	161	75	289	2,555	0
1997	535	37	92	0	198	66	292	2,525	0
1998	433	133	102	0	229	57	326	2,464	4
1999	351	172	111	0	254	59	366	2,431	6
2000

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SDG scorecard

A · Context status

B · Target gap and trend

C · Mining

Facts

Who owns this

Holder changes

Where does the ore go

Pomalaa smelter zone (Kolaka)

Morosi industrial zone (Konawe)

Bahodopi industrial zone (Morowali)

Mining footprint

Per source (own polygons)

Forest loss

Per year (last ten)

Recovery after mining

Area by status

Key years

Status per polygon

Promise versus reality

Company profile and coverage

Permits

Timeline

Own statements vs independent coverage

Own statement 14 own statements

Independent 11 independent articles

Mention volume

Tone over time

Right of reply

Observations

Financial and production figures

History of this profile

What we don't know yet

Sources

Promise versus reality

Where does the ore go

Pomalaa smelter zone (Kolaka)

Morosi industrial zone (Konawe)

Bahodopi industrial zone (Morowali)

Own statements vs independent coverage

Own statement 14 own statements

Independent 11 independent articles

Mention volume

Tone over time

Right of reply

Media timeline

Recovery after mining

Area by status

Key years

Status per polygon

Who owns this

Holder changes