An explosion at a nickel processing plant in the Molovali Nickel industrial park in Sulawesi, Indonesia, killed 13 people and injured 38. It is reported that the initial judgment of the accident was related to the repair of the furnace carelessly, and some workers jumped from the height to escape in order to save themselves.
Comprehensive several foreign media reports, located in the Morovali Industrial Park in the Castle Peak stainless steel company’s smelting Lu at about 5:30 a.m. local explosion accident. The park said 13 people were killed and 38 injured, including eight locals and five mainlanders. A spokesman for the industrial park said that the fire had been extinguished at about 9:10 am on the morning of the 24th.
At the time of the explosion, a number of employees 4 were carrying out maintenance work and installing plates on the furnace; The initial investigation found that the explosion accident was related to the flammable liquid still remaining at the bottom of the furnace, which caused the explosion when the furnace was accidentally ignited during repair. The oxygen cylinder used to weld and cut the furnace parts was left at the scene, so there were two explosions.
Indonesia is the world’s largest nickel producer, and IMIP is owned by China’s Tsingshan and its local partner, Indonesia’s homegrown Eight Stars Group, which produces stainless and carbon steel.
