Korea-China battery minerals tie-up mutually beneficial: CNGR chief

China and South Korea stand to mutually benefit by strengthening their partnership in the battery materials business amid tougher US regulations on ...

Samsung SDI gets carbon footprint certification

South Korea's Samsung SDI Co., the sixth-largest electric vehicle cell maker globally, announced on Friday that it has become the first secondary ba...

Samsung SDI expands cooperation with EV makers

Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest electric vehicle cell maker, is expanding cooperation with its customers including General Motors C...

LG Group seeks new partners in Silicon Valley’s startup scene

South Korea’s LG Group seeks new partnerships with global ventures to strengthen its new growth engines, such as batteries, biopharmaceuticals...

POSCO’s Choi traverses Canada, US to pitch for battery material projects

Choi Jeong-woo, chairman of South Korea’s largest steel group POSCO, is crisscrossing Canada and the US to meet with politicians and business ...

LG Electronics releases portable speaker XBoom

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday the launch of the LG XBoom, a portable party speaker with a built-in battery that delivers powerful sound an...

SKIET rejuvenates old mining town in Poland as green industry hub

DABROWA GORNICZA, Poland – It was not long ago that the Polish city of Dabrowa Gornicza in Silesia Province was struggling to bring back its g...

LG Chem produces single-crystal cathodes; to raise $1.5 bn in bonds

LG Chem Ltd. has begun mass production of high-nickel cathode materials made with a single crystal structure for the first time in South Korea, whic...

L&F to jump-start anode business with Mitsubishi Chemical

L&F Co., a major cathode supplier in South Korea, has embarked on a grand plan to take its battery materials business to new heights with the ad...

POSCO, CNGR to build $1.2 bn battery materials plants in Korea

South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Group and China’s CNGR Advanced Material Co. have agreed to spend 1.5 trillion won ($1.2 billion) on sec...

EU’s new battery act comes with caveats; headache for Samsung, Apple

The European Union’s decision to go greener with batteries that cut carbon emissions and promote recycling comes with a few caveats, posing a ...

Battery materials firms revive Korean cities with new plants

As South Korean battery materials companies such as LG Chem Ltd., POSCO Future M Co. and EcoPro Co. aggressively step up facility investment, they a...

LG Energy selects 10 promising global startups in battery area

South Korea's battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced on Tuesday that it will strengthen collaboration with global startups with high growth...

LG Chem to sell $1.6 bn stake in LG Energy to foreign investors

South Korea’s leading chemicals company LG Chem Ltd. is slated to secure about 2 trillion won ($1.6 billion) by selling a minority stake in it...

S.Korea’s Enchem to build lithium salt plant in Saemangeum

Enchem Co., South Korea’s top electrolyte manufacturer, on Thursday announced the investment of 600.5 billion won ($473.5 million) to build ...

LG, Samsung showcase new battery packs at InterBattery Europe 2023

MUNICH – South Korea’s two leading battery makers – LG Energy Solution Ltd. and Samsung SDI Co. – on Wednesday unveiled low-...

SKIET bets big on Europe's battery separator market

DABROWA GORNICZA, Poland – The production line of lithium-ion battery separators in SK IE Technology Co.’s (SKIET) factory in Dąbrowa G&...

STX to promote lithium business with Chinese company

South Korea's general trading company STX announced on Wednesday its plans to accelerate its lithium business with a leading Chinese lithium produce...

Samsung SDI, GM to build JV plant for EV batteries in Indiana

South Korea's major secondary battery maker Samsung SDI Co. and General Motors (GM) of the US will set up a joint venture (JV) plant for electric ve...

POSCO breaks ground on lithium hydroxide plant in S.Korea

POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of the world’s sixth-largest steel maker,held a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday to mark the commen...

SKC to sell unit to Glenwood PE at $390 mn for future biz

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials maker, is set to sell a subsidiary to Glenwood Private Equity in a deal estimated at 500 billion won ($3...

Korea’s cathode supplier L&F aims to make it big with anodes: CEO

DAEGU – L&F Co., a former LCD backlight unit maker, has long been a stranger even to locals in Daegu, a provincial city 165 km away from S...

LG Energy to expand EV battery care with 7 imported car dealers

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. has teamed up with seven imported car dealers in the country to expand the company's electric vehicle (EV) b...

Korean battery maker SK On attracts $400 mn from Hillhouse

South Korean battery maker SK On Co. has secured $400 million from Hillhouse, a Singapore-headquartered asset management firm, investment banking so...

Hyundai, SK battery JV may receive up to $700 mn in US grants

Hyundai Motor Co. and SK On Co. could receive up to $700 million in US tax breaks and grants for their electric vehicle battery plant under construc...

LG Energy, Novonix join hands for US EV battery material

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest electric vehicle battery maker, has teamed up with Novonix Ltd., an Australian cell ingredi...

Investment in battery raw materials raises sodium hydroxide prices

The price of sodium hydroxide or caustic soda, an essential component in the smelting of raw materials for producing batteries, is rising because So...

SKIET signs deal to supply secondary battery separators to N.America

SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), an SK Innovation-affiliated manufacturer of secondary battery separators, is set to move into the North American marke...

LG Energy to expand smart factory systems to N.America JVs

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. will introduce smart manufacturing systems to all its joint venture battery plants under construction in...

POSCO to comply with IRA rules to access battery tax breaks: chairman

NEW YORK – POSCO Group, which owns South Korea’s largest steelmaker, has been striving to transform into a low-carbon conglomerate by sh...