Hyundai Oilbank to start IPO process this month

Hyundai Oilbank to start IPO process this month

South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. plans to begin the process for a stock market listing in the first half of 2022 as early as this month with...

Korea’s state electric companies to cease coal power generation by 2050

Korea’s state electric companies to cease coal power generation by 2050

State-run utility Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) and its six subsidiaries declared an aim to cease coal power generation by 2050 in a bid to pla...

Hanwha Energy to raise $130 mn for Australia hydrogen project

Hanwha Energy to raise $130 mn for Australia hydrogen project

Hanwha Energy Corp. of South Korea's Hanwha Group will raise about 150 billion won ($130 million) from Woori Private Equity to fund its solar energy...

SK Group’s Chey vows half of $52 bn US spending in batteries, hydrogen

SK Group’s Chey vows half of $52 bn US spending in batteries, hydrogen

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has vowed to spend $26 billion, or half of the group’s planned investment in the US by 2030, on electric vehicl...

SeAH set for record earnings on steel supercycle, offshore wind projects

SeAH set for record earnings on steel supercycle, offshore wind projects

SeAH Group, a South Korean mid-size special steel conglomerate, is set to post record earnings this year on the back of the global steel supercycle ...

NPS to up strategic partnerships with global institutions

NPS to up strategic partnerships with global institutions

The National Pension Service (NPS) will increase strategic investments with leading global institutional investors to boost overseas alternative inv...

Hyundai Glovis to build hydrogen supply chain with Air Products

Hyundai Glovis to build hydrogen supply chain with Air Products

Hyundai Glovis Co., a logistics unit of Hyundai Motor Group, agreed to set up a liquid hydrogen supply chain with Air Products, the world’s la...

SK to form 'turquoise' hydrogen JV in Korea with Monolith

SK to form 'turquoise' hydrogen JV in Korea with Monolith

SK Inc., the holding and investment company of South Korea’s SK Group, agreed to establish a 'turquoise' hydrogen joint venture in the country...

S.Korea sees tenfold rise in hydrogen fuel use by 2030

S.Korea sees tenfold rise in hydrogen fuel use by 2030

South Korea will sharply increase the adoption of hydrogen as a fuel of transportation, industrial plants and power generators to become the world's...

Hyundai Mobis breaks ground on $1.1 bn hydrogen fuel cell plants

Hyundai Mobis breaks ground on $1.1 bn hydrogen fuel cell plants

Hyundai Mobis Co., the auto parts unit of Hyundai Motor Group, on Thursday broke ground on a hydrogen fuel cell plant, part of its 1.32 trillion won...

POSCO to transfer hydrogen steel tech to industry peers for shared growth

POSCO to transfer hydrogen steel tech to industry peers for shared growth

The Hydrogen Iron & Steel Making (HyIS) Forum led by the steelmaker POSCO officially opened Oct. 6 in Seoul with more than 1,200 industry partic...

SK, Plug Power launch JV to grab Asia’s hydrogen fuel cell market

SK, Plug Power launch JV to grab Asia’s hydrogen fuel cell market

SK Group’s city gas supplier SK E&S Co. said on Oct. 6 that it has officially kicked off the joint venture (JV) with the American hydrogen...

Hyundai Glovis launches ECOH brand for hydrogen, battery businesses

Hyundai Glovis launches ECOH brand for hydrogen, battery businesses

Hyundai Glovis Co., a logistics unit of Hyundai Motor Group, said on Monday it is launching a new brand to beef up its eco-friendly business, includ...

Ardian wins $25 mn mandate from construction workers' fund

Ardian wins $25 mn mandate from construction workers' fund

South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) will commit $25 million to Paris-based private equity firm Ardian for infrast...

POSCO to lead global forum on next-generation steelmaking technology

POSCO to lead global forum on next-generation steelmaking technology

POSCO will host an international forum next month with the world’s major steel and mining companies to develop greener steelmaking processes b...

Korea Zinc expands from smelter to hydrogen, battery materials maker

Korea Zinc expands from smelter to hydrogen, battery materials maker

Korea Zinc Co., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, plans to add a couple of new sectors to the list of its new growth drivers: green h...

Shares of Hyosung, Kolon Industries fly high propelled by hydrogen

Shares of Hyosung, Kolon Industries fly high propelled by hydrogen

Shares of hydrogen-related stocks such as Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp. and Kolon Industries Inc. are flying high on expectations of significant ...

Hyundai Motor to start hydrogen popularization in 2040

Hyundai Motor to start hydrogen popularization in 2040

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s fifth-largest automaker, declared to make 2040 the first year of hydrogen energy popularizationThe group was ...

Samsung C&T, S-Oil in hydrogen transport partnership

Samsung C&T, S-Oil in hydrogen transport partnership

Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading arm of Samsung Group, has tentatively agreed with S-Oil Corp. to cooperate in securing overseas ...

Hydrogen yet to boost Hyundai, Kia stocks

Hydrogen yet to boost Hyundai, Kia stocks

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s top two automakers, remained sluggish in the local stock market despite their hydrogen industry...

Hydrogen: Next big thing for stock investors in Korea

Hydrogen: Next big thing for stock investors in Korea

In 2009, battery makers were barely on the radar in South Korea when it comes to stock investment. Back then, the rechargeable battery industry was ...

Hanwha seeks more M&A targets: Group’s heir apparent

Hanwha seeks more M&A targets: Group’s heir apparent

Hanwha, the South Korean chemicals-to-financial conglomerate, has been a key player in the M&A market with a series of acquisitions in recent ye...

Korean conglomerates bet big on hydrogen, launch H2 council

Korean conglomerates bet big on hydrogen, launch H2 council

South Korea’s major conglomerates are going big on hydrogen, launching a business council and investing heavily in related projects to gain th...

Hyundai Motor’s Chung Euisun: Vision 2040 for hydrogen society

Hyundai Motor’s Chung Euisun: Vision 2040 for hydrogen society

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group has set out its vision for a hydrogen society, in which the clean energy source is harnessed not just for tr...

POSCO, GS join hands to expand battery, hydrogen business

POSCO, GS join hands to expand battery, hydrogen business

POSCO and GS Group have teamed up to expand their battery recycling and hydrogen businesses. The move came as South Korea’s top steelmaker POS...

Iljin Hysolus shares hit ceiling on first day of trading

Iljin Hysolus shares hit ceiling on first day of trading

South Korea’s only mass-producer of hydrogen tube trailers, Iljin Hysolus Co. made a strong debut on Kospi by reaching the price ceiling on it...

SK E&S eyes $30 billion corporate value as top hydrogen company

SK E&S eyes $30 billion corporate value as top hydrogen company

SK E&S Co., the natural gas business unit of SK Group, aims to turn into an eco-friendly company with an enterprise value of 35 trillion won ($3...

Korea’s hydrogen council to launch Sept. 8; Hyundai to unveil new tech

Korea’s hydrogen council to launch Sept. 8; Hyundai to unveil new tech

The South Korean version of the Hydrogen Council, a global CEO-led initiative to harness the clean energy source, will officially launch on Sept. 8 ...

Hyundai Oilbank to make hydrogen fuel cell components from 2023

Hyundai Oilbank to make hydrogen fuel cell components from 2023

Hyundai Oilbank Co. will enter the hydrogen fuel cell components market by building separator production plants within this year with commercializat...

Hyundai Mobis to invest $1.1 bn to make hydrogen fuel cells

Hyundai Mobis to invest $1.1 bn to make hydrogen fuel cells

Hyundai Motor Group’s long-term ambition to create a full-fledged hydrogen value chain, from fuel cell production to hydrogen-powered logist...

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