Korea’s GS E&C to export hydrogen plant modules to US

Korea’s GS E&C to export hydrogen plant modules to US

GS Engineering & Construction Co. will export hydrogen plant modules to the US, becoming the first South Korean builder for such overseas sales....

SK's 5-year journey toward batteries, bio and chips

SK's 5-year journey toward batteries, bio and chips

Back in January 2017, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won emphasized the need for “deep change," in his New Year message and presented the phrase a...

Doosan to build Saudi Arabia's largest steel casting plant

Doosan to build Saudi Arabia's largest steel casting plant

Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co., South Korea's power plant components supplier, signed a preliminary agreement on Wednesday to build Sa...

One in 10 Koreans rushes for LG Energy shares ahead of $8.6 billion IPO

One in 10 Koreans rushes for LG Energy shares ahead of $8.6 billion IPO

The world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. has set a new record for initial public offering demand, wit...

ESG fever puts Korean oil refiners in quandary over facility upgrades

ESG fever puts Korean oil refiners in quandary over facility upgrades

South Korea’s four major oil refiners have for decades been at the forefront of the industry push to upgrade facilities, a combined multi-bill...

POSCO to revive India steel mill construction plan

POSCO to revive India steel mill construction plan

POSCO Co. plans to build a steel mill jointly with India's Adani Group in western India, the South Korean steelmaker said on Thursday, after its pre...

LG Energy IPO fever lifts Korea’s battery stocks

LG Energy IPO fever lifts Korea’s battery stocks

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s No. 2 battery maker, attracted a record $9.65 trillion demand for South Korea’s largest-ever initia...

Hyundai Motor’s Alabama plant: World’s second most productive

Hyundai Motor’s Alabama plant: World’s second most productive

Hyundai Motor Co.'s US manufacturing plant in Montgomery, Alabama is the world’s second most productive assembly plant, contributing to the So...

LG Energy takes on CATL as it prepares for Korea’s largest-ever IPO

LG Energy takes on CATL as it prepares for Korea’s largest-ever IPO

LG Energy Solution Ltd. has vowed to outrival the world’s top battery player CATL as the South Korean company is preparing for the country&rsq...

POSCO breaks ground on China automotive steel plant with HBIS

POSCO breaks ground on China automotive steel plant with HBIS

China’s HBIS Group Co., the world’s third-largest steelmaker, and South Korea’s POSCO Co., the No. 6 player, broke ground on an au...

Kospi short sales hit $639 mn amid rate hike woes

Kospi short sales hit $639 mn amid rate hike woes

Short selling on the Korean stock market is soaring rapidly on concerns over the US Fed Reserve’s interest rate hike. Particularly, a large ...

Hyundai Motor to set up metaverse factory with Unity

Hyundai Motor to set up metaverse factory with Unity

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, is set to establish a digital virtual factory in a metaverse space with Unity, a US-based real...

LG Chem, China’s Huayou Cobalt to build battery metal JV in Korea

LG Chem, China’s Huayou Cobalt to build battery metal JV in Korea

South Korea’s top chemical maker LG Chem Ltd. will partner with China’s Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. to launch a battery material joint ve...

Korea’s CHA Biotech to triple US CDMO capacity

Korea’s CHA Biotech to triple US CDMO capacity

CHA Biotech, South Korea’s stem cell therapeutics developer, is set to expand its biomaterials contract development and manufacturing organiza...

Korea to join Egypt’s 1st nuclear power plant project

Korea to join Egypt’s 1st nuclear power plant project

South Korea is set to participate in Egypt’s first nuclear power plant project built by Russia as a state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power ...

China’s tighter grip on supply chain hurts Korean battery makers

China’s tighter grip on supply chain hurts Korean battery makers

While the recent urea crisis laid bare South Korea’s heavy dependence on China for the basic raw material, concerns are growing that the count...

Korea battery makers suffer under growing China dominance

Korea battery makers suffer under growing China dominance

South Korean battery manufacturers are suffering from the growing dominance of their Chinese competitors in the world’s electric vehicle marke...

Hyundai Oilbank to build LNG-hydrogen power plant for $335 mn

Hyundai Oilbank to build LNG-hydrogen power plant for $335 mn

South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. plans to build an eco-friendly power plant fueled with liquefied natural gas (LNG) and blue hydrogen to mee...

Rechargeable battery shares slump to lowest level in a year

Rechargeable battery shares slump to lowest level in a year

Rechargeable battery shares in Korea are continuing their slide, hit by global supply shortages. In addition to the companies that produce completed b...

Korea’s DL Energy to expand US power plant business

Korea’s DL Energy to expand US power plant business

South Korea’s DL Energy is set to expand its power plant business in the US.DL Energy, formerly known as Daelim Energy, said on Dec. 17 that i...

SK Vice Chair Chey Jae-won reinstated into leadership after eight-year hiatus

SK Vice Chair Chey Jae-won reinstated into leadership after eight-year hiatus

Chey Jae-won, the younger brother to SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, returned to the conglomerate’s leadership on Dec. 17, after an eight-year...

POSCO to spend $830 mn to build lithium plant in Argentina

POSCO to spend $830 mn to build lithium plant in Argentina

South Korea's POSCO Group has earmarked $830 million for spending on a new plant in Argentina to extract lithium hydroxide, a material for electric ...

LG Chem, LG Energy acquire 2.6% of battery startup Li-Cycle for $51 million

LG Chem, LG Energy acquire 2.6% of battery startup Li-Cycle for $51 million

South Korea’s top chemical manufacturer LG Chem Ltd. and its battery affiliate LG Energy Solution Ltd. have acquired a combined 2.6% stake in ...

LG Energy to adopt Siemens' digital factory technology

LG Energy to adopt Siemens' digital factory technology

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. plans to adopt Siemens AG's smart factory technology to accelerate the digitization of its battery manufacturi...

Korea exports hit record to top $640 bn in 2021

Korea exports hit record to top $640 bn in 2021

South Korea’s exports have reached an all-time high thanks to strong overseas demand for key products such as semiconductors amid the global e...

POSCO approves holding company plan for eco-friendly business

POSCO approves holding company plan for eco-friendly business

South Korea’s POSCO Co. is set to split off the company to launch an investment holding firm, 21 years after its privatization. The move aims ...

Korea's EcoPro BM to build first overseas plant in Hungary

Korea's EcoPro BM to build first overseas plant in Hungary

EcoPro BM Co., South Korea’s top cathode materials producer, has decided to set up its first overseas plant in Hungary.EcoPro BM on Dec. 9 ann...

POSCO Chemical, GM to launch new battery material JV in US

POSCO Chemical, GM to launch new battery material JV in US

South Korea’s POSCO Chemical Co. said on Thursday it is forming a new joint venture with US top automaker General Motors Co. to produce cathod...

S.Korea to build solar power plants in Chile for $130 mn

S.Korea to build solar power plants in Chile for $130 mn

South Korea is planning to build solar photovoltaic power plants in Chile, investing $130 million, in a move to help local companies expand their re...

LG Energy to secure $1.36 bn to raise US battery output

LG Energy to secure $1.36 bn to raise US battery output

LG Energy Solution Ltd. is set to secure $1.36 billion to expand US battery output capacity, joining the fundraising race among South Korean battery...

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