Samsung, SK Hynix to pay corporate taxes to foreign countries
South Korea’s chipmaking giants Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix are set to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate taxes to fore...
Samsung surprises foundry industry with plan for 2 nm chips
Samsung Electronics Co. caught its global semiconductor competitors off guard last week at the Samsung Foundry Forum 2021 with its announced plan to...
Samsung Q3 operating profit at 3-year high on chips, Galaxy
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chip and smartphone maker, reported its highest operating profit in three years with record ...
SKIET to start commercial operation of its first separator plant in Europe
South Korea’s SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), SK Innovation Co. 's battery material business subsidiary, plans to start commercial operation of ...
Samsung to make 2-nanometer GAA chips by 2025 to overtake TSMC
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Thursday it will be able to commercialize a 2-nanometer transistor process technology by 2025 to take on bigger foun...
S.Korea shows rare unease against US request for Samsung data
The South Korean government has expressed open concern about the recent request by the US Department of Commerce for more information on the global ...
SK may develop LFP batteries for low-priced EVs
SK On, the recently-launched battery company of South Korea's SK Group, is considering manufacturing lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries to suppl...
Hyundai Glovis launches ECOH brand for hydrogen, battery businesses
Hyundai Glovis Co., a logistics unit of Hyundai Motor Group, said on Monday it is launching a new brand to beef up its eco-friendly business, includ...
Samsung's cash reserves dwindle on increased R&D, other investments
Samsung Electronics Co. is well known for its ample cash reserves close to $100 billion, ready to spend where it deems necessary for growth.But the ...
SK, POSCO in heated race for next-generation silicon battery materials
South Korea’s two big conglomerates, SK and POSCO, are setting their sights on silicon anode, a next-generation material for lithium-ion batte...
SK Innovation officially launches battery, E&P split-offs
South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. on Friday officially launched its battery and petroleum exploration and production businesses as separate enti...
Samsung Elec unveils solution for stable 5G voice calls
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, has developed a software solution for more stable 5G voice calls in a move to incre...
POSCO breaks ground on $101 million battery recycling plant
South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO on Thursday broke ground on its 120 billion won ($101 million) plant to extract nickel, lithium and cobalt,...
SKC drops plan for silicon anode JV on investment overlap woes
South Korea’s SKC Co. withdrew a plan to set up a joint venture with British battery materials maker Nexeon Ltd. for the silicon anode mater...
China power crisis, US tightening chill sentiment on Korea IT sector
Sentiment on the South Korean IT sector has deteriorated on rising US interest rates and a severe shortage of electricity in China. The 10-year US T...
Samsung, ARM chip design partner Gaonchips eyes IPO in 2022
South Korea’s leading semiconductor design house Gaonchips Co. has officially kicked off preparations to go public in the first half of 2022. ...
SKC to form JV with British Nexeon for silicon anode business
South Korea’s SKC Co. plans to set up a joint venture with British battery materials maker Nexeon Ltd. for the silicon anode materials market....
Samsung to install 51,000 air purifiers to help Australians return to school
Samsung Electronics Co. will help the students in the Australian state of Victoria in making safe returns to the classroom in a post-COVID environme...
SK Innovation, Ford to invest $11.4 billion to build largest EV battery JV
SK Innovation Co. and Ford Co. will invest a combined $11.4 billion to build an assembly and battery complex and two additional battery factories in...
Korea Zinc expands from smelter to hydrogen, battery materials maker
Korea Zinc Co., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, plans to add a couple of new sectors to the list of its new growth drivers: green h...
Batteries, chips strengthen US-Korea economic ties
Battery and chip industries are reinforcing economic cooperation between the United States and South Korea, expanding their ties focused on security...
Hyundai Steel, Samsung develop tech to recycle chip waste for steelmaking
Hyundai Steel Co. and Samsung Electronics Co. said on Monday they have developed technology that can recycle the chipmaker’s wastewater sludge...
Recycled plastic in growing demand as Korean firms pursue ESG business
Plastic recyclers have known for years that there is money to be made in plastic waste. And the stakes are high these days as the prices of recycled...
S.Korean battery materials makers see stock prices surge
Shares of South Korean eco-friendly battery materials manufacturers have been soaring in September, with high expectations on big revenue jumps th...
US pressures Samsung, chipmakers to disclose key internal data
The American government is forcing global semiconductor manufacturers to submit internal information on their chip inventory as well as the number o...
LG Energy develops safer, long-lasting solid-state battery technology
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Friday the company and the University of California San Diego have jointly developed a next-gene...
SKC to raise corporate value to $25 bn with battery materials
South Korea’s SKC Co. plans to expand its electric vehicle battery materials business in a move to fivefold its corporate value to 30 trillion...
LG Chem shares rise as GM resumes battery module replacement
Shares of LG Chem Ltd. are staging a rebound a month after falling sharply due to a decision by General Motors Co. to recall 73,000 Chevrolet Bolt e...
Samsung to make Tesla’s HW 4.0 self-driving auto chip
SILICON VALLEY – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s leading chipmaker, will manufacture Tesla Inc.’s next-generation hardware 4 ...
Taylor city in Texas likely to host Samsung’s new US chip plant
The global semiconductor industry is keeping a close eye on whether Taylor, a city located in Williamson County of Texas and the most probable site ...
