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

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 ...

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

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...

SK, Doosan to launch hybrid EV fuel cell charging stations

SK, Doosan to launch hybrid EV fuel cell charging stations

South Korea’s SK Energy Co., refiner giant SK Innovation Co.’s petroleum production subsidiary, said on Tuesday it will join forces with...

LG Chem to build $3.2 billion US cathode plant in Tennessee

LG Chem to build $3.2 billion US cathode plant in Tennessee

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, said on Tuesday it is building a $3.2 billion cathode plant in Tennessee, its first facto...

SK Lubricants rebrands with name change as SK Enmove

SK Lubricants rebrands with name change as SK Enmove

SK Lubricants Co., the world’s leading lube base oil supplier, said on Sunday it will be rebranded as SK Enmove Co. on Dec. 1.The new name com...

Eco-friendly car registrations exceed 1.5 mn in Korea

Eco-friendly car registrations exceed 1.5 mn in Korea

The total number of registered eco-friendly vehicles in South Korea surpassed 1.5 million as of end-October, up 38.3% from 1.1 million compared to a...

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

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...

BKT thrives as lone Korean wastewater treatment provider in US

BKT thrives as lone Korean wastewater treatment provider in US

South Korean water treatment provider Bukang Tech(BKT) on Wednesday said it earned a contract to build a wastewater treatment facility in the US sta...

South Korea's DL E&C wins 1st petrochemical plant order in US

South Korea's DL E&C wins 1st petrochemical plant order in US

South Korean construction company DL E&C has landed its first contract to build a petrochemical plant in the US.The company on Thursday said it ...

Samyang transitions to white biotech with S.Korea’s first isosorbide plant

Samyang transitions to white biotech with S.Korea’s first isosorbide plant

Samyang Group, a diversified conglomerate, has long focused on the chemicals and foodstuffs sectors. While adding to its existing chemicals bus...

SK Geo Centric to build Asia's biggest advanced recycling plant with British partner

SK Geo Centric to build Asia's biggest advanced recycling plant with British partner

South Korea's SK Geo Centric, the green chemical subsidiary of SK Innovation, will build Asia's largest advanced recycling (pyrolysis) plant in the ...

SK Signet supplies 37 ultra-fast EV charging posts to G20 Bali summit 

SK Signet supplies 37 ultra-fast EV charging posts to G20 Bali summit 

SK Signet Inc., the electric vehicle (EV) charging arm of SK Inc., announced on Monday that it will supply the upcoming G20 summit with 37 ultra-fas...

Pulmuone to double pasta production in China by expanding plant

Pulmuone to double pasta production in China by expanding plant

South Korea's food giant Pulmuone on Monday said it will boost production of pasta-based convenience food in China by expanding its first plant in P...

Doosan Enerbility signs $1.2 billion deal to build nuclear plant in Egypt

Doosan Enerbility signs $1.2 billion deal to build nuclear plant in Egypt

South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. said on Thursday it has clinched a 1.6 trillion won ($1.2 billion) deal to become a co...

POSCO Chemical completes world's largest cathode materials plant

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...

Hyundai, China’s CICC in initial deal for commercial vehicle business

Hyundai, China’s CICC in initial deal for commercial vehicle business

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. said on Tuesday it has partnered with China International Capital Corp. (CICC), China’s largest investme...

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

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...

Korea, Hyundai Motor request 3-year reprieve on US EV tax credit law

Korea, Hyundai Motor request 3-year reprieve on US EV tax credit law

The South Korean government and the country’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. have requested the US government give Korean carmakers a three-y...

Samsung sets sights on new chips for self-driving homes on wheels

Samsung sets sights on new chips for self-driving homes on wheels

For decades, Samsung Electronics Co. has been a household name in the semiconductor industry, making chips that work like the human brain for comput...

Hyundai, Kia post record hybrid vehicle sales in US in October

Hyundai, Kia post record hybrid vehicle sales in US in October

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., which are gradually increasing their presence in the US market, saw their hybrid vehicle sales reach an all-time hi...

Korea’s KHNP inks nuclear power plant deal with Poland

Korea’s KHNP inks nuclear power plant deal with Poland

Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) signed an initial agreement for a nuclear power plant in Poland, paving the way to win an expected $30 bill...

EcoPro BM to build battery materials plant in Canada

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...

Samsung SDI beats CATL in EV battery operating margin

Samsung SDI beats CATL in EV battery operating margin

Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, reported a higher operating margin than that of the global leader C...

Hyundai Motor to boost US presence with $5.5 bn new Georgia EV plant

Hyundai Motor to boost US presence with $5.5 bn new Georgia EV plant

Hyundai Motor Co. broke ground on a $5.54 billion electric vehicle and battery plant in the US state of Georgia on Tuesday, as the top South Korean ...

Korean EV charging startup to launch business in Indonesia

Korean EV charging startup to launch business in Indonesia

South Korea’s electric vehicle charging platform startup is set to make inroads into Indonesia, a prospective EV market with the world’s...

Hyundai Motor to build more solar cell facilities to power Ulsan plant

Hyundai Motor to build more solar cell facilities to power Ulsan plant

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. will build additional solar cell power generation facilities at its main plant in Ulsan amid a m...

POSCO Chemical posts record third-quarter sales, operating profit

POSCO Chemical posts record third-quarter sales, operating profit

POSCO Chemical Co., a unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., on Monday posted record revenue and operating profit in the third...

Korea’s KHNP likely to sign nuclear power plant deal with Poland

Korea’s KHNP likely to sign nuclear power plant deal with Poland

Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) is expected to sign an initial agreement to build a nuclear power plant in Poland, separate from a three-wa...

LG Energy set to ink graphite deal with Australia’s Syrah Resources

LG Energy set to ink graphite deal with Australia’s Syrah Resources

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Thursday it has signed an initial agreement to explore graphite procurement from Australia&rsquo...

POSCO Holdings' Q3 profit tumbles on steel mill shutdown

POSCO Holdings' Q3 profit tumbles on steel mill shutdown

POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of the world’s sixth-largest steel maker, missed market estimates for its quarterly profit as last mo...

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