SK Energy, Naver agree to develop gas stations into logistics hubs

SK Energy and Naver Corp. are joining hands to transform gas stations into urban logistics hubs where advanced technologies will be employed.SK Ener...

Hyundai Heavy Industries Group develops dual LNG-hydrogen engine

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group has developed South Korea's first hybrid engine that uses liquefied natural gas (LNG) and hydrogen.The group's ...

GS E&C inks deal with AirFirst on industrial gas tech development

GS Engineering & Construction Co. said on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with AirFirst to work together in the areas of industrial gas ...

Samsung Heavy receives approval from US on gas recovery system

Samsung Heavy Industries, a major shipbuilder in South Korea, said on Tuesday that its boil-off gas recovery system (BReS) for LNG-powered vessels h...

KKR to buy 100% stake in SK E&S' Busan City Gas for $561 mn

Private equity giant KKR & Co. is slated to buy a 100% stake in Busan City Gas Co., wholly owned by South Korean energy company SK E&S Co., ...

SK Materials, Arencibia ink MOU on noble gas recycling

SK Materials Airplus Co. announced on Monday that it signed an MOU with US-based Arencibia to prepare to enter the noble gas recycling business.&n...

SK Gas achieves milestone of zero accidents for 28 consecutive years

SK Gas said on Monday that its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) import terminal in Pyeongtaek had achieved a record of no accidents for 28 consecutive ...

SK Chemicals' copolyester lines certified on carbon reduction

South Korea’s SK Chemicals Co. said on Wednesday it has earned sustainability certifications for its nine copolyester product lines from UL So...

Hyundai partners with Indonesia firm for stable aluminum supply

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, joined hands with an Indonesian miner to secure a stable aluminum supply as demand for the raw...

Korea should open retail electricity market for renewables

South Korea on Oct. 26 officially launched the carbon neutrality commission based on laws for green growth, which took effect last March, amid the g...

Samsung to use rare gas produced by POSCO for chip manufacturing

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, will significantly raise the use of locally produced xenon, a critical gas for ...

Oil prices to remain high, petrochem a concern: GS Caltex CEO

GS Caltex Corp. Chief Executive Hur Sae-hong said on Monday he expects global oil prices, which remain elevated due to geopolitical tensions, won&rs...

SK Hynix hikes use of locally produced neon gas for chip manufacture

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it will significantly raise the use of locally produced neon, a ...

POSCO, Hancock to invest $200 mn to raise Senex's gas output

South Korea’s POSCO International Co. and its Australian mining partner Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd. will invest A$300 million ($200 million) ...

SK Innovation tech turns 98% of carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide

The Institute of Technology Innovation operated by SK Innovation Co. announced on Friday that it has developed electrochemical catalytic technology,...

S.Korea’s SK Gas expands LNG, hydrogen biz for future

ULSAN -- SK Gas Ltd., South Korea’s leading liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier, is expanding its liquefied natural gas (LNG) and hydrogen ...

Korea's SG Private Equity to buy local industrial gas supplier

South Korea’s SG Private Equity is set to acquire local industrial gas supplier Hankook Special Gases Co. for a deal in the early 100 billion ...

Hyundai Steel unveils steel sheets with 30% reduction in carbon emissions

South Korean steelmaker Hyundai Steel Co. announced Tuesday it succeeded in the pilot manufacturing of advanced auto steel sheets using an electric ...

SK Innovation unveils plans for Scope 3 carbon emission reduction

SK Innovation Co. published its 2022 Net Zero Special Report on the company website on Wednesday, detailing its plan of action for Scope 3 carbon em...

Brookfield likely to beat KKR for $800 mn Korean gas facility

Brookfield Asset Management has entered talks with South Korea's SK Materials Airplus Inc. to buy the latter's industrial gas facility, after its pr...

South Korea’s top general trading giants embrace rising raw materials costs

Back in the 1970s and 80s, general trading companies were the vanguards of South Korea’s exports. Daewoo International Corp., LG Internat...

Soaring renewable energy costs haunt top Korean firms

Major South Korean conglomerates are stepping up efforts to switch to renewable energy, driving their electricity costs sharply higher amid low supp...

SK E&S to invest $25 mn in turquoise hydrogen firm Monolith

SK E&S Co., the natural gas business unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Monday it is set to invest $25 million in US turquoise hydrog...

Samsung Engineering wins $680 mn gas plant project in Malaysia

Samsung Engineering Co. has won a $680 million gas plant construction order in Malaysia from UK-headquartered energy giant Shell plc’s subsidi...

Hyundai Mobis to power all plants with 100% renewable energy by 2040

Automobile companies’ carbon-neutral activities often result in developing and producing eco-friendly vehicles such as electric vehicles and h...

Top S.Korean firms face carbon neutrality dilemma

South Korea’s top 30 companies emitted their largest-ever amount of carbon dioxide last year, contrary to their goal of reducing greenhouse ga...

Hyundai Motor scraps LNG plant construction plan

Hyundai Motor Co. has scrapped a plan to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled plant to power its main production lines in South Korea due to a...

SK Materials, Showa Denko to jointly seek US semiconductor gas business

SK Materials Co., an industrial gas manufacturing affiliate of South Korea’s SK Inc., and Japanese chemicals company Showa Denko K.K. have agr...

Hanwha Power develops first homegrown compressor for LNG gas carriers

Hanwha Power Systems Co., a South Korean energy equipment company, said on Friday it has completed joint development of a boil-off gas (BOG) compres...

POSCO to treble natural gas production in Australia by 2025

South Korea’s POSCO International Co. plans to more than treble the natural gas production from the two gas fields of its newly-acquired Austr...