Thesis Maps · Opened 26 Aug

Does banning the ore build the smelter?

A ban on ore from Sulawesi is a signature in Jakarta.

A plant going up behind a fence: crane, rebar, a concrete tower.
Crews work the footings behind the chain-link. The crane is up.

Stopping a ship of ore is a morning’s work. Standing up a smelter is a decade.

A plant running and exporting finished product would mean the ban became a factory.