S.Korea's Lithium Plus succeeds in mass-producing lithium hydroxide

Lithium Plus, the S.Korean lithium materials company, said on Wednesday that it has succeeded in mass-producing battery-grade ultra-high-purity lith...

LG Chem invests $18.6 million in battery recycler JaeYoung Tech

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. is accelerating its entry into the North American battery recycling market by joining forces with JaeYoung Tech, a Korean...

LG Energy to spend $3.1 bn on 4680 battery plant in S.Korea

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s No. 2 electric vehicle (EV) battery maker, is poised to spend $3.1 billion on facilities in South Korea t...

S.Korean startup enters UK market for wireless charging of EVs

A South Korean startup will enter the British market for wireless charging facilities for electric vehicles (EV), as Korean firms speed up their adv...

Leaders of Samsung, BMW discuss bolstering EV battery partnership

Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y. Lee met with the Chairman of the Management Board of BMW Group Oliver Zipse on Saturday to discuss ways to deepe...

Doosan obtains certification on hydrogen batteries for drones

Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI) said on Wednesday that its hydrogen fuel cell power pack DP30M2S product, which is mounted on hydrogen-fueled drone...

Hanwha Q Cells to sell 7 US battery ESS projects to Spain’s Acciona Energia

Hanwha Q Cells Co., a unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-construction conglomerate Hanwha Group, said on Wednesday it has signed a deal to sel...

SK Innovation, SungEel HiTech form discarded battery joint venture

South Korea's SK Innovation Co. is forming a joint venture with SungEel HiTech Co., a company that recycles discarded batteries, to extract metals f...

LG Energy-GM JV secures $2.5 bn loan from US for EV battery production

South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Wednesday its joint venture with General Motors Co. has attracted $2.5 billion via a loan...

S.Korean battery sector scrambles for talented manpower

South Korea’s battery industry has suffered from a talent shortage, especially in the research and development, design as well as process sect...

LG Group think tank unveils breakthrough AI tech Exaone

LG AI Research, the artificial intelligence (AI) think tank of South Korea's LG Group, on Thursday unveiled Exaone, a gigantic AI technology that ra...

SK On-Ford Motor EV battery joint venture breaks ground in Kentucky

NEW YORK – SK On Co., a leading South Korean battery maker, and Ford Motor Co. have begun building their multi-billion-dollar joint venture in...

POSCO wins $689 mn battery material deal with GM-LG joint venture

POSCO Chemical Co., a unit of South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., said on Dec. 5 that it has signed a $688.6 million deal to provide a key...

LG Energy, GM to inject another $275 mn in Tennessee plant

South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. and General Motors Co. plan to inject an additional $275 million in a US electric vehicle battery...

SK On attracts $1 billion in investment

SK On, the electric battery affiliate of Korea's petroleum, alternative energy and oil exploration corporation SK Innovation, has secured 1.3 trilli...

Hyundai, SK to build $1.9 bn EV battery plant in US

Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaker, and SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery manufacturer, will b...

SK On, EcoPro, China’s GEM to build battery materials plant in Indonesia

SK On Co., a South Korean electric vehicle (EV) battery maker, has joined forces with two energy materials companies to build a nickel intermediate ...

Hanwha Q CELLS to join EU project for cutting-edge solar batteries

Hanwha Q CELLS Co. on Thursday said it will join an R&D project for next-generation solar cells that has received 15 million euros (around 20 bi...

Korea Zinc exchanges treasury shares with LG Chem, Hanwha Corp.

Korea Zinc Co. will exchange part of its treasury shares with those of LG Chem Ltd. and Hanwha Corp. in a move seen to strengthen the secondary batt...

Korea's SK Inc. revs up power semiconductor value chains via M&As

SK Inc., the investment arm of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, is ramping up its value chain of third-generation semicondu...

Doosan Fuel Cell expands exports with China deal

South Korea's Doosan Fuel Cell on Monday said it has signed an export contract worth 346.9 billion won($255 million) to supply large-scale versions ...

SK On, Korean colleges to conduct R&D of next-generation batteries

South Korean battery maker SK On has raised its research and development (R&D) capacity in next-generation cells by joining forces with the dome...

Mobility startup Poen takes first place at Geeks Show Up event in Jeju

South Korea’s mobility startup Poen secured first place at the first-ever Geeks Show Up on Nov. 17, a demo day hosted by The Korea Economic Da...

SK Nexilis develops copper foil for cylindrical batteries

South Korea's SK Nexilis, a maker of copper foil for secondary cells under SKC Inc., has achieved a world first with its development of a highly elo...

LG Energy Solution diversifies supply chains to respond to US IRA

LG Energy Solution Ltd. has made a preemptive response to the Inflation Reduction Act of the US by securing the supply of lithium carbonate, a key m...

POSCO Chemical completes world's largest cathode materials plant

POSCO Chemical will soon launch operations at its newly completed factory for cathode materials, the biggest of its kind in the world with an annual...

SK On to buy battery material lithium hydroxide from Chile's SQM

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric battery maker, said on Sunday it signed a deal on Nov. 4 to purchase lithium hydroxide, a key ba...

Public-private battery alliance launched to source critical minerals

The South Korean government, in tandem with the private sector, launched a battery alliance on Tuesday in a bid to support the companies in sourcing...

LG Chem posts strong Q3 earnings, buoyed by battery business

South Korea’s top chemicals company LG Chem Ltd. on Monday posted strong third-quarter sales and profit as gains at its battery affiliate offs...

EcoPro BM to build battery materials plant in Canada

EcoPro BM Co., South Korea’s leading battery material producer, is set to build a plant in Canada with a $704 million investment in a partners...