Indonesia to build $1.2b battery plant with LG

JAKARTA, May 24 (Reuters): State-owned Indonesia Battery Corporation (IBC) and South Korea's LG will build a new battery plant worth $1.2 billion with the capacity of 10 gigawatt hours (GWh), Indonesia's investment minister said on Monday.
The plant, part of a bigger $9.8 billion electric vehicle deal between LG and Indonesia signed last year, will be built in the city of Bekasi, on the eastern border of the capital Jakarta.
Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia in a statement did not specify a timeframe but said the factory would be built "in the near future".
"The first phase of construction will have the production capacity of 10 GWh, which will later be used for EVs from Hyundai," he added.
The LG consortium consists of different LG units, including LG Chem, LG Energy Solution, LG International , plus South Korean steelmaker POSCO and Chinese cobalt company, Huayou Holdings, according to the statement.