POSCO Future M to supply LG Energy Solution $22.6 bn worth of cathodes

POSCO Future M to supply LG Energy Solution $22.6 bn worth of cathodes

POSCO Future M Co. on Wednesday signed a long-term contract with LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES) to supply 30.26 trillion won ($22.6 billion) worth o...

LGES to build pouch-type long-cell battery mother factory at $449 mn

LGES to build pouch-type long-cell battery mother factory at $449 mn

LG Energy Solution Ltd. will add a new mother factory to its Ochang manufacturing complex, as part of its plan to turn the home manufacturing site i...

Hyundai Motor to pay quarterly dividends with record Q1 profit

Hyundai Motor to pay quarterly dividends with record Q1 profit

Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday reported its largest-ever quarterly profit, which soared a whopping 86.3% from a year earlier, while unveiling a plan t...

SK On to spend $352 million to mass produce solid-state batteries by 2028

SK On to spend $352 million to mass produce solid-state batteries by 2028

South Korean battery maker SK On Co. said on Monday it will spend 470 billion won ($352 million) to begin mass production in 2028 of solid-state bat...

EcoPro sets sights on Europe with $286 million cathode plant in Hungary

EcoPro sets sights on Europe with $286 million cathode plant in Hungary

South Korea’s EcoPro Co., a leading battery materials maker, has begun construction of a 380 billion won ($286 million) cathode plant in Hunga...

Hyundai ties up with LG, SK for $5.3 bn US EV cell plants

Hyundai ties up with LG, SK for $5.3 bn US EV cell plants

Hyundai Motor Group, the leading South Korean automaker, has joined hands with LG Energy Solution Ltd. and its smaller rival SK On Co. to build elec...

S.Korean firms applies for record-high 76,592 patents abroad in 2022

S.Korean firms applies for record-high 76,592 patents abroad in 2022

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) on Thursday said the number of patents filed overseas by domestic companies last year set a record-hi...

S.Korea to inject $15 bn in rechargeable battery sector by 2030

S.Korea to inject $15 bn in rechargeable battery sector by 2030

South Korea will invest 20 trillion won ($15.1 billion) in the rechargeable battery sector by 2030 to widen its technology gap with global competito...

KCCI, Seoul Japan Club forms economic study group

KCCI, Seoul Japan Club forms economic study group

South Korean and Japanese businesspeople form a study group to strengthen economic cooperation between the two countries.The Korea Chamber of Commer...

POSCO mulls $3.3 bn investment in industrial cluster by 2033

POSCO mulls $3.3 bn investment in industrial cluster by 2033

South Korean steel giant POSCO Group said on Wednesday it will consider investing 4.4 trillion won ($3.3 billion) in the state-run industrial comple...

Korean battery players LG, Samsung, SK sweep US EV tax credits

Korean battery players LG, Samsung, SK sweep US EV tax credits

It has long been talked about and finally confirmed: South Korean battery companies are well-placed to benefit from the strengthened requirements of...

LG Chairman to refine strategy for EV battery production

LG Chairman to refine strategy for EV battery production

Koo Kwang-mo, chairman of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG, visited a cathode plant on Monday to review supply chains for the batt...

Samsung SDI unveils super-gap battery tech aimed at Chinese market

Samsung SDI unveils super-gap battery tech aimed at Chinese market

South Korea's leading secondary battery maker Samsung SDI Co. is setting its sights on China's battery market with its super-gap solid-state battery...

POSTECH hits jackpot with stakes in POSCO companies on battery boom

POSTECH hits jackpot with stakes in POSCO companies on battery boom

Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), set up by South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Group in 1986 as a research university in the...

S.Korea to dispatch key minerals investigation teams to Chile, Argentina

S.Korea to dispatch key minerals investigation teams to Chile, Argentina

South Korean government will dispatch a public-private partnership key minerals business survey team to Chile and Argentina to revitalize overseas r...

SK Group chairman’s eldest son to play key role at US unit PassKey

SK Group chairman’s eldest son to play key role at US unit PassKey

Chey In-geun, the eldest son of SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, has moved to the South Korean conglomerate’s major US business operations amid...

POSCO conducts pilot release of rare metal ferrochrome

POSCO conducts pilot release of rare metal ferrochrome

South Korea's steelmaker POSCO and the government-run Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corp. (KOMIR) on Friday announced the first pi...

S.Korea’s EcoPro BM seeks to raise $385 mn through convertible bond sale

S.Korea’s EcoPro BM seeks to raise $385 mn through convertible bond sale

South Korea’s leading battery materials maker EcoPro BM Co. sought to raise up to 500 billion won ($385 million) through a convertible bond fo...

LG Chem, Hanyang Univ. open industry-academic center for battery materials

LG Chem, Hanyang Univ. open industry-academic center for battery materials

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. on Wednesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Hanyang University on industry-academic cooperation in bat...

LS Group' corporate value soars as EV battery market grows

LS Group' corporate value soars as EV battery market grows

LS Corp., a holding company of South Korea's LS Group, has seen its enterprise value swell by nearly 1 trillion won ($760 million) over the past yea...

POSCO Future M, Sungkyunkwan Univ. develop talent for battery materials

POSCO Future M, Sungkyunkwan Univ. develop talent for battery materials

South Korea's battery component maker POSCO Future M, formerly POSCO Chemical, said on Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement with Sungkyun...

S.Korean stocks at 8-month high as foreigners chase Samsung

S.Korean stocks at 8-month high as foreigners chase Samsung

South Korean stocks hit an eight-month high on Monday as foreign investors continued to chase Samsung Electronics Co., the country’s most valu...

S.Korea to allocate 70% of annual R&D budget to eleven core tech areas

S.Korea to allocate 70% of annual R&D budget to eleven core tech areas

The South Korean government plans to allocate 70% of its annual R&D budget to 40 projects for research and development in eleven core industrial...

LG tops in market cap gain, beating Samsung, SK, Hyundai Motor

LG tops in market cap gain, beating Samsung, SK, Hyundai Motor

The total market value of companies under South Korea’s fourth-largest business group LG increased the most in a year, beating out its bigger ...

LG Energy’s Q1 profit soars on gains from US battery tax credits

LG Energy’s Q1 profit soars on gains from US battery tax credits

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Friday its first-quarter operating profit likely more than doubled,...

Korea's electric battery maker SK On predicts 'tangible results' from 2024

Korea's electric battery maker SK On predicts 'tangible results' from 2024

"Despite many difficulties early on, we can see tangible results from next year if we overcome such challenges.”Chey Jae-won, CEO and executiv...

Dongwon inks deal with Dongkuk for secondary battery raw material

Dongwon inks deal with Dongkuk for secondary battery raw material

South Korean firm Dongwon Systems Corp. has signed an agreement with Dongkuk Industries Co. for the supply, sale and development of raw materials fo...

Investors ready their return to Korean stock market but with bet on declines

Investors ready their return to Korean stock market but with bet on declines

Investors are readying their return to the stock market in South Korea, encouraged by the rosy outlook for secondary battery stocks, but more retail...

Kia steps up electrification efforts with higher sales targets

Kia steps up electrification efforts with higher sales targets

Kia Corp., under South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, is gearing up to produce even more electric and other eco-friendly vehicles in the coming ...

LG Energy to secure lithium hydroxide in Morocco

LG Energy to secure lithium hydroxide in Morocco

South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. will secure a key battery material in Morocco to strengthen its battery supply chain. LG Energy ...

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