POSCO Future M to spend $300 million on NCA cathode plant in Pohang

POSCO Future M to spend $300 million on NCA cathode plant in Pohang

South Korea's battery component maker POSCO Future M, formerly POSCO Chemical, on Tuesday said it will build its first plant solely for cathode mate...

S.Korea's STX to spin off shipping division

S.Korea's STX to spin off shipping division

South Korea's general trading company STX Corporation has announced plans to divide its shipping division into a new company specializing in shippin...

Bespin Global to work with GBike for smart mobility business in Vietnam

Bespin Global to work with GBike for smart mobility business in Vietnam

Bespin Global, a cloud delivery platform company based in South Korea, announced on Thursday that it had partnered with GBike, a micromobility tech ...

Korean ETP market doubles amid increasing distrust of fund managers

Korean ETP market doubles amid increasing distrust of fund managers

South Korea’s exchange-traded product (ETP) market has doubled in four years as more investors preferred their own trades to discretionary inv...

ESG: Name of the game in investing, funding amid Korea’s green push

ESG: Name of the game in investing, funding amid Korea’s green push

With South Korea’s aggressive green push at both the government and corporate levels, money is flowing back to environmental, social and gover...

S.Korea's individual investors buy bonds this year worth $5.3 billion

S.Korea's individual investors buy bonds this year worth $5.3 billion

Individual investors in South Korea this year have made net bond purchases, or the difference between the buying and selling amounts, worth over 7 t...

Lotte Fine Chemical, OCI Global join hands for clean ammonia business

Lotte Fine Chemical, OCI Global join hands for clean ammonia business

Lotte Fine Chemical Co., a subsidiary of Lotte Chemical Corp., and Europe’s No.1 clean ammonia producer OCI N.V., or OCI Global, will collabor...

POSCO, Korea Zinc, Vale to close Korean nickel JV

POSCO, Korea Zinc, Vale to close Korean nickel JV

POSCO Holdings Inc. and Korea Zinc Co. will close Korea Nickel Corp. set up jointly with Brazilian mining giant Vale Ltd. as the two Korean companie...

POSCO Int’l logs highest revenue for group affiliate in 2022

POSCO Int’l logs highest revenue for group affiliate in 2022

POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., logged the highes...

POSCO Engineering & Construction renames itself POSCO E&C

POSCO Engineering & Construction renames itself POSCO E&C

POSCO Engineering & Construction, the builder affiliate of South Korea's POSCO Group, has changed its name to "POSCO E&C" to mark the first ...

POSCO Flow to assist World Vision in transportation of relief goods

POSCO Flow to assist World Vision in transportation of relief goods

POSCO Flow, a logistics partner of World Vision, agreed on Tuesday to help transport relief and sponsorship goods for the humanitarian organization ...

S.Korea's SK Ecoplant, POSCO develop K-floating body with domestic tech

S.Korea's SK Ecoplant, POSCO develop K-floating body with domestic tech

South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. and POSCO on Wednesday said they secured basic design certification from the Norwegian classification body DNV for "K-...

SK Earthon to be reborn as carbon-neutral company

SK Earthon to be reborn as carbon-neutral company

SK Earthon, an oil development subsidiary of South Korea's SK Innovation Co., plans to transform into a carbon-neutral company focused on oil explor...

Dongsuh Foods applies green certification package to products

Dongsuh Foods applies green certification package to products

South Korea's food processing company Dongsuh Foods Corporation announced on Monday the launch of new green technology-certified packaging.This gree...

HYBE wins 2nd battle against Kakao over SM Entertainment

HYBE wins 2nd battle against Kakao over SM Entertainment

A South Korean court on Friday ruled in favor of SM Entertainment Co. Founder and former Chief Producer Lee Soo-man to block the company from sellin...

S.Korea's NPS likely to log 8.2% loss for 2022, record-low return

S.Korea's NPS likely to log 8.2% loss for 2022, record-low return

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is expected to post a negative return of 8.2% for 2022, according to its preliminary report on Th...

CJ CheilJedang invests in Australian bio startup

CJ CheilJedang invests in Australian bio startup

South Korea's food and bio company CJ CheilJedang Corp. on Wednesday said it will invest in the Australian bio startup Provectus Algae.The former se...

S.Korea's GEPS logs 10.2% return on alternative assets in 2022

S.Korea's GEPS logs 10.2% return on alternative assets in 2022

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) had a 4.4% loss on investment last year, seeing its assets under management (AUM) dr...

Inflation casts shadow over S.Korea NPS' hedging strategies

Inflation casts shadow over S.Korea NPS' hedging strategies

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), with 920.4 trillion won ($694.6 billion) in assets as of November 2022, faces growing concerns o...

Hanwha Solutions receives green certification for recycled plastic materials

Hanwha Solutions receives green certification for recycled plastic materials

South Korean chemical and renewable energy firm Hanwha Solutions Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has received a global certification for its recy...

SK Ecoplant's Singaporean affiliate, Thailand's No. 2 conglomerate to develop green power

SK Ecoplant's Singaporean affiliate, Thailand's No. 2 conglomerate to develop green power

Singapore's TES, an electronic waste management specialist and subsidiary of South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co., will jointly pursue the development of e...

Korean firms scurry to expand nickel, lithium supply chains

Korean firms scurry to expand nickel, lithium supply chains

South Korea’s leading companies such as SK, POSCO, LG and LX are scurrying to expand their supply chains for lithium and nickel, key raw mater...

POSCO Int'l, Daesang sign MOU to cooperate in food business

POSCO Int'l, Daesang sign MOU to cooperate in food business

POSCO International, South Korea's largest general trading company, announced on Friday that teams up with Daesang Corp. in the food business area.P...

POSCO Chemical changes name to POSCO Future M

POSCO Chemical changes name to POSCO Future M

POSCO Chemical, a chemical subsidiary of the POSCO Group, announced on Friday that it had approved an agenda to change its company name to "POSCO Fu...

POSCO International, Pertamina win gas exploration rights off Indonesia

POSCO International, Pertamina win gas exploration rights off Indonesia

POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., said on Thursday ...

POSCO Steeleon’s eco-friendly steel plate gets US certification

POSCO Steeleon’s eco-friendly steel plate gets US certification

POSCO Steeleon Co., a South Korean steelmaker and a unit of POSCO Group, said on Wednesday that its biomass color steel plate has been certified as ...

SK Materials joins forces with ExxonMobil in blue ammonia sector

SK Materials joins forces with ExxonMobil in blue ammonia sector

South Korea's SK Materials will enter the blue ammonia market in partnership with global energy giant ExxonMobil.SK Materials on Wednesday said it s...

POSCO decides to build electric furnace at Gwangyang Works

POSCO decides to build electric furnace at Gwangyang Works

South Korea’s leading steelmaker POSCO on Tuesday said it will begin its transition to a low-carbon production system by building an electric ...

POSCO ICT to be rebranded as POSCO DX for digital transformation

POSCO ICT to be rebranded as POSCO DX for digital transformation

POSCO ICT Co., the IT services subsidiary of South Korean steelmaker POSCO Holdings Inc., announced on Sunday that it will rebrand itself as POSCO D...

POSCO affiliates mull name changes to represent green push

POSCO affiliates mull name changes to represent green push

South Korean steel giant POSCO Group is considering changing the name of some of its affiliates in a move to rebrand them as sustainable materials a...

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