Sorowako mine

Indonesia

The Sorowako mine is a large open pit lateritic nickel mine in the east of Indonesia in the Verbeek Mountains of Sulawesi (the Celebes). It lies just south of Lake Matano. As of 2023, Sorowako is one of the largest nickel mines in the world with proven and probable nickel reserves of 107 million tonnes of ore grading 1.70% nickel, containing 1.81 million tonnes of nickel metal.