LG Chem to launch JV with China's Huayou Cobalt for battery materials

LG Chem Ltd. announced Tuesday it will set up a joint venture with Chinese mining company Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. to secure a steady supply of ra...

Why batteries were left out of Samsung's huge investment plan

Citigroup Global Markets on Monday slashed its target price for Samsung SDI Co., one of South Korea's top three battery makers, by almost half and d...

SK On to bolster US business with Ford's EV pickup truck sales

SK On Co., South Korea’s leading electric vehicle battery manufacturer, is expected to improve production capacity as its client Ford Motor Co...

POSCO, GM JV inks battery materials supply deal worth $16 bn

South Korea’s POSCO Chemical Co. and General Motors Co. on Friday agreed to set up a joint venture that will supply about 20 trillion won ($16...

POSCO Group looks to treble corporate value by 2030

South Korea’s POSCO Group will invest 53 trillion won ($42 billion) by 2026 primarily in its steel, rechargeable battery materials and hydroge...

LG bets $34 bn on battery, automotive electronics biz for its future

LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate, is set to pour $34 billion into the battery, automotive electronics and other future grow...

SK takes aim at chips, batteries, bio with $195 billion investment

SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate after Samsung, on Thursday announced a plan to invest 247 trillion won ($195 billion) in k...

Bio, mobility to top Lotte's $30 bn spending list by 2026

South Korea’s Lotte Group will spend a total of 37 trillion won ($29 billion) on its businesses over the next five years, a chunk of which wil...

Samsung SDI, Stellantis pick Indiana for US EV battery plant

Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest battery maker, and Dutch-domiciled multinational automaker Stellantis N.V. picked the state of...

Georgia state to provide $1.6 bn in incentives to Hyundai

Hyundai Motor Group is expected to receive about $1.6 billion in incentives including tax breaks from Georgia as South Korea’s top automaker i...

Tous les Jours, the next K-bakery to lure US customers

Tous les Jours, South Korea’s second-largest bakery franchise, is rapidly expanding its US business by attracting customers with greater varie...

Lotte Hotel Yangon: Pain for POSCO International, Hotel Lotte

South Korea’s POSCO International Corp. and Hotel Lotte Co. have been suffering from sluggish earnings of their five-star hotel in Yangon, Mya...

E-Mart, Lotte Shopping hit by US retailers' earnings shocks

Shares in E-Mart Inc., South Korea’s largest supermarket chain, have been hovering near their lowest level in almost two years, on the back of...

Korea electronics retailers face headwind from e-commerce, dept. stores

South Korea’s major electronics retailers such as Lotte Himart are facing a headwind as more customers are buying home appliances online and d...

MBK puts home decor firm Modern House on market

MBK Partners has added South Korea's top home decor company Modern House to the list of assets it plans to exit this year, as domestic retail giants...

LG Energy, SK On to add prismatic types to EV cell lineups

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and SK On Co., the world’s No. 2 and No. 5 battery makers, respectively, are set to add prismatic batteries to their l...

SK On bolsters M&A team with new executive hires

SK On Co., an electric vehicle battery maker of SK Innovation Co., is bolstering its M&A team by hiring M&A experts from a leading law firm ...

Korea’s Iljin to build $391 mn battery materials plant in Spain

South Korea’s Iljin Materials Co. plans to invest 500 billion won ($391.2 million) in a battery materials plant in Spain, its first production...

Lotte Chemical raises stake in Fine Chemical amid merger talk

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has raised its stake in affiliate Lotte Fine Chemical Co. amid speculation that the two companies may merge...

Lotte to buy BMS' biologics plant in Syracuse for $160 mn

South Korea's Lotte Group has agreed to buy Bristol Myers Squibb's (BMS) biologics plant in Syracuse in the state of New York for $160 million, the ...

SK On to build $2.3 bn EV battery plant for Hyundai in US

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery manufacturer, plans to build a new US factory to supply batteries to a planned E...

LG Energy completes LFP battery development for Tesla

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s No. 2 battery producer, boosted its muscle to court industry leader China’s Con...

LG Energy begins joint research on smart factory tech with elite institute

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and Pohang-based Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST) announced Wednesday they will embark on join...

POSCO to invest $20 billion in battery materials to rival Chinese firms

POSCO Group, which owns South Korea’s largest steelmaker, plans to invest 25 trillion won ($20 billion) to secure a stable supply of key raw m...

Korea’s SFA Engineering aims for top spot in smart factory market

SFA Engineering Corp., a small South Korean equipment maker, has for decades been known for its automated machines used in the manufacture of displa...

Lotte Duty Free to open downtown store in Sydney

South Korea's Lotte Duty Free Co. is slated to open a downtown store in Sydney on May 5, after Australia reopened its international borders to forei...

Korea’s new govt. aims to export 10 nuclear power plants

South Korea’s incoming administration seeks to export 10 nuclear power plants by 2030 as President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol pledged to rescind the ...

Hyundai Motor, battery firms strive to limit China lockdown disruptions

The growing fears of a Beijing lockdown are prompting South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and battery makers, already suffering from...

LG Energy to spend more on battery capacity expansion

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, plans to spend more on global capacity expansion than init...

Lotte Chemical, Soelect in $200 million JV for advanced batteries

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. is advancing into the electric vehicle battery market by forming a $200 million joint venture with US batte...