SK On wins $909 mn from BlackRock, QIA, MBK consortium
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest battery maker, has confirmed it will receive a 1.2 trillion won ($908.7 million) investment for a minorit...
South Korea officially asks US to ease chip rules on China expansion
WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Korea has officially requested the US government to review details of the guardrail provisions in the CHIPS and Scien...
ASM to invest $100 mn to expand R&D facilities in S.Korea
The Netherlands-based semiconductor equipment maker ASM will invest $100 million (132 billion won) to boost its R&D and production capacities in...
Korea’s L&F to build $609 mn EV battery precursor plant
L&F Co., a major South Korean electric vehicle battery material maker, is set to spend up to 800 billion won ($608.8 million) on a factory in ...
Korean biodiesel firm Dansuk sets sights on battery recycling business
KUNSAN, North Jeolla Province – Dansuk Industrial Co., a South Korean fine chemical company, has for decades produced polyvinyl chloride (PVC)...
S.Korea's BSI dips below 100 for 15th consecutive month
The economic outlook of South Korean manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors is negative for June, the 15th consecutive month of such pessimis...
LG Energy Solution secures lithium concentrate in N.America
South Korea's battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced on Friday that it has signed a lithium concentrate supply contract with Australian c...
Sartorius to build $600 mn Korea facilities, open to more investment
Sartorius AG, a global pharmaceutical and laboratory equipment supplier, plans to spend $600 million on its first facilities in South Korea, about s...
S.Korea, Canada to bolster key minerals supply partnership
South Korea and Canada will make close cooperation to strengthen their supply chains of critical minerals such as uranium and nickel, key materials ...
LG Chem aims higher for battery materials with diverse portfolio
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. on Tuesday revised up its 2030 sales goal for battery materials by 45% after it delivered stronger-than-expected re...
Canada’s Trudeau to visit Seoul as LG-Stellantis battery JV suspended
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. and multinational automaker Stellantis N.V. have stopped construction at a $ 4 billion electric vehicle ...
Apple, Samsung in distinct cash management styles
The world’s two leading smartphone makers Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. employ different management strategies for their surplus mone...
Kolon Industries to expand high-value specialty petroleum products plant
Kolon Industries Inc., a leading industrial materials maker in South Korea, announced on Monday that it will invest 24 billion won ($17.94 million) ...
Samsung to invest $221 mn to build R&D chip line in Japan: Nikkei
Samsung Electronics Co. will build a prototype chip production facility in Japan for 30 billion yen ($221 million) to develop next-generation back-e...
KT to open medical checkup center in Hanoi, Vietnam
South Korea's KT Corp. next year will launch a medical checkup center in Hanoi, Vietnam, under a strategy to advance its digital healthcare business...
Hyundai to invest $2.45 bn in India, eyes spot in global EV top 3
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. will invest 200 billion rupees ($2.45 billion) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu over the next d...
Lotte Chemical projects recovery in Q2 after 4th consecutive loss in Q1
Lotte Chemical Corp. suffered its fourth consecutive operating loss in the first quarter due to a prolonged petrochemical slowdown amid the global e...
Samsung Electronics to open flagship store in Seoul's Gangnam district
Samsung Electronics Co. in late June will open its new flagship store Samsung Gangnam near Gangnam Station, a posh area of Seoul.Sources from the in...
S.Korea’s chronic disease: Decline in youth employment
The number of young workers in South Korea fell for a sixth straight month in April to its lowest point in more than two years, deepening concerns t...
S.Korea to see 240K drop in number of manufacturing workers by 2032
The number of workers in South Korea's manufacturing sector is expected to drop by 240,000 over the next 10 years, a report says, caused by the decl...
SK Bioscience to produce MSD’s new Ebola vaccine candidate
SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, announced on Monday that it has signed a contract with MSD, a global pharma...
SK Ecoplant to build waste EV battery recycling plant in China
South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. will build a recycling facility for electric vehicle (EV) waste batteries in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu, ...
Hyundai’s quantum leap: how it shines through in crisis
Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. are slated to log a combined 150 million units of car sales this month. The carmakers of Hyundai Motor...
SK Innovation’s battery sales at record high, production yield improved
SK Innovation Co. said on Thursday its battery affiliate SK On Co. posted record quarterly sales following a facility ramp-up in the US to meet risi...
LG Energy Solution drops to third on global market for EV battery in Q1
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. in the first quarter fell to third in the global share of electric vehicle (EV) batteries in use spanning all ...
SK On to develop anode materials with Westwater Resources of US
South Korea's electric vehicle (EV) battery maker SK On and the American graphite company Westwater Resources will jointly develop anode materials f...
POSCO, Huayou to expand ties for battery precursors
POSCO Future M Co., formerly known as POSCO Chemical Co., on Wednesday signed a preliminary agreement with China’s Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. ...
SK Geo Centric, Loop to set up plastic recycling plant in Korea
SK Geo Centric Co., a petrochemical unit within South Korean conglomerate SK Group, said on Wednesday it will set up a joint venture with a Nasdaq-l...
CJ CheilJedang launches Cuisine.K project
South Korea's largest food company CJ CheilJedang Corp., announced on Tuesday the launch of "Cuisine.K," a project aimed at discovering and nurturin...
SKIET to supply battery separators to major client in China
South Korea’s battery separator maker SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET) will supply separators to a major electric vehicle (EV) battery maker in Ch...
