Battery recycling firms aim for 90% lithium recovery rates

A growing number of South Korean companies – from battery materials makers to power facilities builders – are jumping into the waste bat...

CJ CheilJedang divests Chinese subsidiary Jixiangju for $235 mn

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Monday that it has completely sold its ownership stake in its Chinese food subsidiary, Jix...

S.Korea's HD Hyundai chairman: We can’t rely on bad profits

Kwon Oh-gap, chairman and co-CEO of South Korea's HD Hyundai Co., has ordered his company not to rely on “bad profits” gained from tempo...

Doosan to enter EV sector with battery recycling business

South Korea’s major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. plans to set up a battery recycling subsidiary, targeting the sector expecting r...

SK E&S, Plug Power to strengthen hydrogen partnership

South Korea's SK E&S Co. and Plug Power, a global hydrogen solutions provider, have reinforced their commitment to accelerating the developmen...

OCI makes foray into battery materials market

South Korea's chemical and green energy company OCI has entered the battery materials market by landing a supply contract for key raw materials for ...

GS E&C faces heavy loss in Q2 due to apartment reconstruction plan

GS Engineering & Construction Co., South Korea’s major construction firm, posted a quarterly operating loss in the April-June period for t...

S.Korea’s SK On launches domestic battery safety evaluation center

South Korean battery maker SK On has unveiled its state-of-the-art "SK On Battery Safety Evaluation Center" in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province. T...

Hyundai Motor Group, Seoul Univ. to jointly develop battery

Hyundai Motor Group opened a joint battery research center at Seoul National University, marking its full-fledged foray into next-generation battery...

LG Energy Solution expands cobalt supply deal with Canada’s Electra

LG Energy Solution Ltd. has signed a long-term contract to receive additional refined cobalt from Electra Battery Materials Corp. in Canada, in a mo...

POSCO affiliates’ shares surge; market cap rises threefold in 5 years

Shares of POSCO Group affiliates are flying high with the steelmaker rapidly transforming into a battery materials manufacturer, riding the industry...

Samsung SDI, Stellantis agree to build 2nd US battery plant

South Korea’s Samsung SDI Co. and the Netherlands-based automaker Stellantis N.V. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to build the...

SK E&S opens representative office in Vietnam

South Korea's renewable energy company SK E&S is speeding up the expansion of its global eco-friendly power generation business by opening a rep...

SK Broadband names SK Shieldus' ex-CEO Park its new chief

South Korea’s internet service provider SK Broadband Co. said on Friday it has tapped Park Jin-hyo, former chief executive at security affilia...

Korea's IMM to invest $23 mn in battery parts supplier Choil Aluminum

South Korean private credit firm IMM Credit & Solutions Inc. will invest 30 billion won ($23.4 million) in Choil Aluminum Co., an EV battery com...

SK Networks to acquire data management company en-core

SK Networks Co., a South Korean trading company, will acquire en-core, a data solutions and consulting firm. The strategy is aimed at strengthening ...

Road near SK On’s US plant in Georgia named SK Blvd

South Korean battery maker SK On announced on Thursday that a road near its US corporation, SK Battery America's (SKBA) site, has been renamed "SK...

SM Group to buy HMM but not for over $3.5 bn: SM Chair Woo

SM Group has enough financial ammunition to buy the country’s No. 1 container shipping line HMM Co. but would not join the bid for the latter&...

LG unveils upgraded hyperscale AI for future businesses

LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-biggest conglomerate, on Wednesday introduced an upgraded hyperscale AI to be used for its future growth engine...

Lotte Group's Shin stresses unlearning as key to innovation

Disregarding existing ways and being open to new opportunities are challenging in South Korea’s large conglomerates, where a strict corporate ...

Lotte Chemical, DL Energy team up to produce renewable energy

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. and DL Energy have joined forces to spread carbon neutrality and environmental, social and governance (ESG)...

Korea Zinc likely to supply copper foil to LG Energy for EV batteries

Korea Zinc Co., the world’s largest zinc and lead smelter, will likely start supplying copper foil, a key battery component, to LG Energy Solu...

LG Energy Solution to expands BaaS with Mintech

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. partners with Mintech Co., a battery diagnostic solution provider, to expand its Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) b...

American patent trolls target S.Korean companies

Over 80% of American companies that sued South Korean companies for patent infringement last year were non-practicing entities (NPE), or “pate...

EV9 SUV to be Kia’s 1st EV assembled in US

Kia Corp. will spend over $200 million to transform part of its assembly plant in the US state of Georgia to manufacture its second all-electric SUV...

Samsung launches 98-inch Neo QLED 8K in S.Korea

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it launches a new 98-inch Neo QLED 8K TV in South Korea. The new model is part of Samsung's effor...

Samsung C&T invests $7.5 mn in Canadian low-carbon concrete firm

South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. announced on Wednesday that it has decided to invest $7.5 million (9.8 billion won) in CarbonCure Technologies I...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics joins global supply chain consortium RBA

Samsung Electro-Mechanics, South Korean electronic components maker, has joined the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) and Drive+, two global conso...

KT expands healthcare business in Vietnam

South Korea’s telecom service provider KT Corp. has recently organized a collaborative seminar on digital health alongside Hanoi Medical Unive...

POSCO sharply lifts 2030 battery materials sales targets

South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. on Tuesday sharply revised up its sales targets for rechargeable battery materials as it is aiming to join t...