[Ferro-Alloys.com] 

China metals giant faces protest in Indonesia after fatal blast

Workers at a Tsingshan Holding Group plant in Indonesia staged a demonstration and demanded new working conditions after an explosion on Sunday that killed at least 19 people.

The deadly blast at a furnace run by PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel — which is controlled by the Chinese group — has triggered a police investigation and a halt to the firm’s operations. Tsingshan is the world’s biggest nickel producer and one of Indonesia’s largest foreign investors.

Unions also issued a list of more than 20 demands to the industrial park and Tsingshan’s management. Those include a requirement that foreign staff should learn Indonesian, as well as calls for improved pay and health benefits, and better emergency preparedness. 

• [Editor:邢亚敏]