Mytilineos's comments come in response to a recent Bloomberg repor,which outlines the rapid transformation of Indonesia into a dominant force in global metals production. In a forceful statement published Friday on LinkedIn, Evangelos Mytilineos , chairman and CEO of Metlen , condemned what he described as " criminal mistakes " in European industrial and environmental policy - errors he believes are driving core manufacturing sectors out of Europe and into regions powered by cheap coal and unchecked emissions . Mytilineos's comments come in response to a recent Bloomberg report titled " Chinese Tycoons Are Turning Indonesia Into an Aluminum Giant " ( July 9, 2025), which outlines the rapid transformation of Indonesia into a dominant force in global metals production . Just ten years ago , the country accounted for 7% of the world's nickel output . Today , thanks to a wave of investment from Chinese industrialists and abundant ...