Samsung SDI may build battery plant in Illinois

Samsung SDI may build battery plant in Illinois

e Samsung SDI Co., one of South Korea's top three electric vehicle battery makers, is considering building its first US battery plant in central Il...

Samsung SDI may build battery plant in Illinois

Samsung SDI may build battery plant in Illinois

Samsung SDI Co., one of South Korea's top three electric vehicle battery makers, is considering building its first US battery plant in central Illin...

LG Chem to power China battery plants with 100% renewable energy

LG Chem to power China battery plants with 100% renewable energy

South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. says it is powering its two battery component plants in China with 100% renewable energy purchased from Chinese p...

IONIQ 5 becomes 4th-most sold EV in Norway in July

IONIQ 5 becomes 4th-most sold EV in Norway in July

Hyundai Motor Co.’s first all-electric car IONIQ 5 is making a strong debut this year in Norway, the principal battlefield in Europe for globa...

Hyundai Heavy wins third offshore plant project in 2021

Hyundai Heavy wins third offshore plant project in 2021

Hyundai Heavy Industries Group’s shipbuilding unit Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) has landed its third large-scale offsh...

Global carmakers to speed up EV push as governments pressure harder

Global carmakers to speed up EV push as governments pressure harder

US and European governments are pressing harder with tough regulations to expand electric vehicles (EV) adoption for cutting emission. Global automa...

Hyundai quadruples sales of eco-friendly cars in US

Hyundai quadruples sales of eco-friendly cars in US

Hyundai Motor Co. has sold more than four times of eco-friendly cars in the US compared to last year. The company said on Aug. 5 that the number of ...

SK's battery unit split-off drives polarized responses

SK's battery unit split-off drives polarized responses

The share price of South Korea's SK Innovation Co. has extended losses following its confirmation on Tuesday of the battery business splif-off plan,...

SK Innovation to split battery unit in October, seeks IPO

SK Innovation to split battery unit in October, seeks IPO

South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co. decided to split off its battery business in October with a plan to list the new affiliate ...

Hanwha, Korea Western Power to test mixed hydrogen combustion

Hanwha, Korea Western Power to test mixed hydrogen combustion

Hanwha General Chemical Co. and Korea Western Power Co. joined hands for the first test in the country to use mixed hydrogen combustion technologies...

Korea July exports hit record on strong chip, auto demand

Korea July exports hit record on strong chip, auto demand

South Korea’s exports hit a record high in July on strong shipments of both main products such as cars and chips, as well as new growth ones i...

Lotte to resume $4.4 bn Indonesia petrochemical project next year

Lotte to resume $4.4 bn Indonesia petrochemical project next year

Lotte Group plans to resume a $4.4 billion petrochemical project in Indonesia next year as it aims to expand the business in Southeast Asia where de...

Hyundai Motor, LG Energy to build $1.1 bn EV battery plant in Indonesia

Hyundai Motor, LG Energy to build $1.1 bn EV battery plant in Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution Ltd. will invest $1.1 billion in an electric vehicle (EV) battery cell factory in Indonesia to capture As...

LG Elec completes stock deal with Magna for EV powertrain JV

LG Elec completes stock deal with Magna for EV powertrain JV

LG Electronics Inc. completed a stock sale deal with Canadian auto parts maker Magna International Inc. for an electric vehicle (EV) powertrain join...

POSCO to build $200 mn nickel refining plant to ramp up battery materials

POSCO to build $200 mn nickel refining plant to ramp up battery materials

POSCO, the world’s fifth-largest steelmaker by output, said on Wednesday it is spending 230 billion won ($200 million) to build a nickel sulfa...

Surging battery material costs put roadblock to EV growth

Surging battery material costs put roadblock to EV growth

Prices of core raw materials such as lithium and cobalt for electric vehicle (EV) batteries jumped to threaten the global auto industry’s key ...

Samsung SDI to build EV battery plant in US

Samsung SDI to build EV battery plant in US

Samsung SDI Co. plans to set up an electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in the US, joining South Korean battery producers’ move to gain ground ...

SK, China's Joyvio to launch $90 mn alternative food fund

SK, China's Joyvio to launch $90 mn alternative food fund

SK Inc., the investment arm of South Korea's SK Group, will launch a 100 billion won ($90 million) fund jointly with Joyvio Group, a unit of Chinese...

GS Energy to sell half of thermal power plant unit to IMM

GS Energy to sell half of thermal power plant unit to IMM

GS Energy Corp., an intermediate holding company of South Korea's GS Group, is in the final stages of talks to sell a 50% stake in its wholly-owned ...

Hankook Tire to equip Volkswagen ID.4 with EV tires

Hankook Tire to equip Volkswagen ID.4 with EV tires

South Korea’s top tire manufacturer Hankook Tire & Technology has again widened its client pool of electric vehicles (EVs). The company sa...

SK Materials’ shares fly high on rosy business outlook

SK Materials’ shares fly high on rosy business outlook

Shares of SK Materials Co., the industrial gas manufacturing affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, are hovering around all-time high levels ami...

SK Materials to form a JV with US battery startup Group14 Technologies

SK Materials to form a JV with US battery startup Group14 Technologies

SK Materials Co., SK Group’s industrial gas manufacturing arm, will set up a joint venture (JV) with a US battery materials startup Group14 ...

LG Elec to shift to 100% renewable energy by 2050

LG Elec to shift to 100% renewable energy by 2050

LG Electronics Inc. on Sunday unveiled a plan to make a complete transition into renewable energy for its operations both at home and abroad by 2050...

LG Chem to form separator JV with Japan’s Toray

LG Chem to form separator JV with Japan’s Toray

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top chemical maker, and Japan’s Toray Industries Inc. will set up a joint venture (JV) for separators, cor...

LG Chem to invest $8.7 bn in battery material, renewable, bio sectors

LG Chem to invest $8.7 bn in battery material, renewable, bio sectors

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top chemical maker, said on Wednesday it will invest 10 trillion won ($8.7 billion) in the battery material, renew...

LG Group joins investment in EV battery startup SES

LG Group joins investment in EV battery startup SES

South Korea’s LG Group invested in an electric vehicle battery startup SES Holdings Pte (SES) in a bid to secure future growth business.LG Tec...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics targets EV parts

Samsung Electro-Mechanics targets EV parts

Samsung Electro-Mechanics, a South Korean electronic components maker, aims to expand its business in the booming electric vehicle (EV) parts market...

LG Chem challenges top latex player Kumho with aggressive expansion

LG Chem challenges top latex player Kumho with aggressive expansion

South Korea’s top chemical maker LG Chem Ltd. has vowed to leapfrog crosstown rival Kumho Petrochemical Co. to become the world’s top la...

Debt-ridden Ssangyong to sell car plant in self-rescue drive

Debt-ridden Ssangyong to sell car plant in self-rescue drive

Ssangyong Motor Co., the debt-ridden South Korean unit of India’s Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. now in court receivership, has decided to sell it...

Global EV race kicks off with key players investing $168 bn

Global EV race kicks off with key players investing $168 bn

The global auto industry is rapidly making a full-fledged shift towards electric vehicles (EVs), with the world’s five major market players, i...

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