FOR a nickel mining company, the office of Kabaena Kromit Prathama is rather modest. It blends in with the other houses at the BTN Graha Asri housing complex in Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi. Only cats and weeds were seen from the front of the house. Even though Kabaena is listed as owning a nickel mining operation permit (IUP) covering a total area of 102.6 hectares in the Mandiodo Block, North Konawe. “That house has been empty for abo