Workers are visible at the Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park's compound in Central Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia, Friday, June 7, 2024. Indonesia has been building out a vast industry for nickel. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Motorists ride past Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park's compound in Central Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia, Saturday, June 8, 2024. Indonesia has been building out a vast industry for nickel. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Dump trucks maneuver at Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park in Central Halmahera, North Maluku province, Indonesia, Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Abdullah Ambar, a fisherman, left talks to a woman carrying a tuna on her head at a village near Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park in Central Halmahera, North Maluku province, Indonesia, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Ambar says the sea near the nickel buildout has become murky and he can't fish there anymore. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
The Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park operates in Central Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia, Friday, June 7, 2024. Indonesia has been building out a vast industry for nickel. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Men on a boat maneuver near the Bokimaruru Cave in Central Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia, Friday, June 7, 2024. A vast tropical archipelago, Indonesia is the world's third most rainforest-covered country. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Workers are visible at the Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park's compound in Central Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia, Friday, June 7, 2024. Indonesia has been building out a vast industry for nickel. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park operates in Central Halmahera, North Maluku province, Indonesia, Saturday, June 8, 2024. Indonesia has been building out a vast industry for nickel. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Local tourists paddle near Bokimaruru Cave in Central Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia, Friday, June 7, 2024. A vast tropical archipelago, Indonesia is the world's third most rainforest-covered country. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
A man carries a boat engine as the Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park is visible in the background in Central Halmahera, North Maluku province, Indonesia, Saturday, June 8, 2024. People who live near the new industrial park say their forest and fishing livelihoods have been ruined. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
A local guide stands on his boat in Bokimaruru Cave in Central Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia, Friday, June 7, 2024. A vast tropical archipelago, Indonesia is the world's third most rainforest-covered country. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
A protest takes place against nickel mining in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, June 13, 2024. Indonesia has been building out a vast industry for nickel. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Librek Loha, a farmer, walks to his field near Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park in Central Halmahera, North Maluku province, Indonesia, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Loha, the farmer, has held out, refusing to sell the land he's tended for decades amid Indonesia's nickel buildout. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
These satellite images provided by Planet Labs PBC shows Lelilef Sawai, Indonesia, in 2016, left, and the same area in 2024 after building out a vast industry for nickel. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
People move along a road near the Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park in Kulo Jaya, Central Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia, Friday, June 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
A barge is visible near the Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park in Central Halmahera, North Maluku province, Indonesia, Saturday, June 8, 2024. Indonesia has been building out a vast industry for nickel. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park operates in the background at Central Halmahera, North Maluku province, Indonesia, Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Librek Loha, a farmer, picks a cacao in his field near Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park in Central Halmahera, North Maluku province, Indonesia, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Loha, the farmer, has held out, refusing to sell the land he's tended for decades amid Indonesia's nickel buildout. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
A boat cruises past the Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park in Central Halmahera, North Maluku province, Indonesia, Saturday, June 8, 2024. Indonesia has been building out a vast industry for nickel. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Abdullah Ambar, a fisherman, center, inspects boxes of fish at his storage near Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park in Central Halmahera, North Maluku province, Indonesia, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Ambar says the sea near the nickel buildout has become murky and he can't fish there anymore. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Dump trucks maneuver Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park at Central Halmahera, North Maluku province, Indonesia, Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
A food vendor serves workers of Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park at a market in Central Halmahera, North Maluku province, Indonesia, Sunday, June 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
A fisherman parks his boat near Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park in Central Halmahera, North Maluku province, Indonesia, Saturday, June 8, 2024. People who live near the new industrial park say their forest and fishing livelihoods have been ruined. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)