POSCO International, Lotte Energy in $4.4 bn battery materials supply deal

POSCO International, Lotte Energy in $4.4 bn battery materials supply deal

POSCO International Corp. has signed a 6 trillion won ($4.4 billion) deal to supply raw materials used to make copper foil, a battery component, to ...

HD Hyundai Oilbank secures bio-based material supply network

HD Hyundai Oilbank secures bio-based material supply network

South Korea's HD Hyundai Oilbank announced on Tuesday it signed contracts with Indonesia's Korindo Group and Korea's LX International for the purcha...

LG Chem, LX Hausys develop material delaying battery thermal runaway

LG Chem, LX Hausys develop material delaying battery thermal runaway

South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. and its spinoff LX Hausys Ltd. have jointly developed a material that delays the thermal runaway of electric vehicl...

SK Geo Centric to supply recycled plastic materials to Amcor

SK Geo Centric to supply recycled plastic materials to Amcor

SK Geo Centric Co., a South Korean petrochemical company, announced on Thursday it has entered into an agreement to supply recycled plastic material...

POSCO Future M sees cathode material prices falling 12% in Q4

POSCO Future M sees cathode material prices falling 12% in Q4

South Korean electric vehicle battery materials maker POSCO Future M Co. predicts that cathode material prices in the fourth quarter will drop as mu...

POSCO Int’l determined to outsmart Japanese trading firms

POSCO Int’l determined to outsmart Japanese trading firms

POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., will step up its efforts to outsmart ...

Tesla supplier L&F to ink $15 bn materials deal in Europe

Tesla supplier L&F to ink $15 bn materials deal in Europe

L&F Co., a South Korean electric vehicle battery materials supplier to Tesla Inc., is set to sell products in Europe through an estimated $15 bi...

Toray Advanced Materials to spur carbon fiber production in Korea

Toray Advanced Materials to spur carbon fiber production in Korea

Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. (TAK) broke ground on its new facility for carbon fiber production in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province on Monday,...

LS Materials seeks November listing in $60 mn IPO

LS Materials seeks November listing in $60 mn IPO

LS Materials Co., a South Korean energy storage devices maker, on Monday submitted a securities report to the Korea Exchange for an initial public o...

Korea steps up pressure on private sector to ease inflation

Korea steps up pressure on private sector to ease inflation

South Korea is intensifying pressure on the private sector to curb inflation by forcing companies such as food and beverage makers not to raise prod...

SK to invest in S.Korean company for bio jet fuel materials

SK to invest in S.Korean company for bio jet fuel materials

SK Group, South Korea’s energy-to-semiconductor conglomerate, is set to invest in a local renewable energy ingredient provider for stable proc...

LG Chem, GS Caltex form eco-friendly materials alliance

LG Chem, GS Caltex form eco-friendly materials alliance

LG Chem Ltd. and GS Caltex Corp. are accelerating their efforts in the eco-friendly bio-material business involving 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3HP). 3...

S.Korea's SKC to sell polyurethane raw material unit for $304 mn

S.Korea's SKC to sell polyurethane raw material unit for $304 mn

South Korean chemical material company SKC Ltd. is selling its unit for raw materials of polyurethane (PU), a chemical substance.The company’s...

S.Korea's DuChemBio localizes core materials of radiopharmaceuticals

S.Korea's DuChemBio localizes core materials of radiopharmaceuticals

South Korea's DuChemBio Co. announced on Thursday that it has obtained final approval for a recovery and purification facility for oxygen-18 concent...

LG Chem to supply cathode materials to Toyota's N.American plant

LG Chem to supply cathode materials to Toyota's N.American plant

LG Chem Ltd. will supply cathode materials to Toyota Motor's North American battery plant, with the South Korean company concluding its second long-...

LG Display, LG Chem develop homegrown OLED material

LG Display, LG Chem develop homegrown OLED material

South Korea’s LG Display Co. and LG Chem Ltd. have domestically produced a core material for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) that they pre...

LG Chem to sell polarizer businesses to Chinese peers for $800 mn  

LG Chem to sell polarizer businesses to Chinese peers for $800 mn  

LG Chem Ltd., the parent of South Korea’s No. 1 battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., will unload its polarizer businesses to two Chinese pla...

EcoPro Materials to quadruple precursor output by 2027

EcoPro Materials to quadruple precursor output by 2027

South Korea's precursor manufacturer EcoPro Materials, aims to quadruple its production capacity by raising funds between 524 billion won ($390 mill...

US OKs Chinese-made solar modules using materials of S.Korea's OCI

US OKs Chinese-made solar modules using materials of S.Korea's OCI

The US has approved the import of Chinese-made solar panels using polysilicon from South Korea's green and energy company OCI Holdings Co.Pundits sa...

Woori, HMM, KOBC to buy bulk carrier operator Polaris

Woori, HMM, KOBC to buy bulk carrier operator Polaris

South Korean bulk carrier operator Polaris Shipping Co. is poised to sell its entire stake at around 600 billion won ($447.5 million) to Woori Priva...

Hankook Tire cuts more jobs as it struggles to recover from fire

Hankook Tire cuts more jobs as it struggles to recover from fire

South Korea’s largest tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology Co. plans to cut more jobs through a voluntary retirement scheme as the company...

Lotte Chemical launches eco-friendly material brand Ecoseed

Lotte Chemical launches eco-friendly material brand Ecoseed

South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp. has launched its eco-friendly material brand, "Ecoseed." The company announced on Tuesday that it unveiled the Ec...

SK Chemicals, Lovere to recycle waste plastic in China

SK Chemicals, Lovere to recycle waste plastic in China

South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Lovere, a leading recycling business...

Lotte Energy Materials to build copper foil plant in US for EV makers

Lotte Energy Materials to build copper foil plant in US for EV makers

Lotte Energy Materials Corp., one of South Korea’s leading battery materials makers, plans to build a copper foil plant in the US to meet grow...

Young Poong, AJ Networks to form battery recycling chain in Europe

Young Poong, AJ Networks to form battery recycling chain in Europe

South Korea’s non-ferrous metal company Young Poong Co. has teamed up with AJ Networks to establish a secondary batteries resource circulation...

Hanwha Aerospace to develop engine materials for military UAVs

Hanwha Aerospace to develop engine materials for military UAVs

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co. on Wednesday said the Korea Research Institute for Defense Technology Planning and Advancement has named th...

SK Enpulse to sell off chip processing units in China

SK Enpulse to sell off chip processing units in China

SK Enpulse Co., a South Korean semiconductor part and equipment maker, said on Wednesday it will sell off its chip pre-manufacturing processing unit...

Korea’s heavy dependence on China for raw materials deepens

Korea’s heavy dependence on China for raw materials deepens

While the urea crisis in 2021 laid bare South Korea’s heavy dependence on China for basic raw materials, concerns are growing that Korea&rsquo...

SKC to acquire 12% stake in US chip packaging startup Chipletz

SKC to acquire 12% stake in US chip packaging startup Chipletz

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials company, said on Monday it will take part in a series B round of investment in Chipletz, a US fabless su...

POSCO to lead Korea-Australia hydrogen, minerals partnership

POSCO to lead Korea-Australia hydrogen, minerals partnership

POSCO Group, South Korea’s largest steelmaker, will lead the country's efforts to cement a partnership with Australia in a broader range of ar...

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