EcoPro taps mines in the Americas to secure cathode materials: EcoPro CEO

EcoPro taps mines in the Americas to secure cathode materials: EcoPro CEO

EcoPro Group, South Korea’s leading battery materials producer, is mulling investments in mines in the Americas to source cathode materials, a...

Oil from S.Korea’s red ginseng alleviates prostate enlargement: study

Oil from S.Korea’s red ginseng alleviates prostate enlargement: study

Oil from South Korea’s famous hongsam (red ginseng) can prevent enlargement of the prostate, according to a study. A joint research team ...

Hanwha Solutions secures 9.7% stake in US battery materials company

Hanwha Solutions secures 9.7% stake in US battery materials company

Hanwha Solutions Corp., a South Korean company focused on energy services, petrochemicals and real estate development, recently acquired a 9.73% sta...

Toray Advanced Materials acquires S.Korea's water treatment company

Toray Advanced Materials acquires S.Korea's water treatment company

Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. announced on Monday the acquisition of Hanmee Entec Co., Ltd., the industry's longest-running water treatment fa...

Kolon Industries showcases hydrogen fuel cell materials at Tokyo Expo

Kolon Industries showcases hydrogen fuel cell materials at Tokyo Expo

Kolon Industries Inc., a Korean manufacturer of chemical and textile products, said on Wednesday that it was exhibiting its hydrogen fuel cell parts...

Hansol Paper develops eco-friendly packaging with Samsung Welstory

Hansol Paper develops eco-friendly packaging with Samsung Welstory

Hansol Paper Co., South Korea's largest general paper company, on Wednesday said it signed a business agreement with Samsung Welstory, a food and be...

Once a videotape maker, Cosmo reborn as battery materials firm

Once a videotape maker, Cosmo reborn as battery materials firm

Cosmo Advanced Materials & Technology Co., once the world’s largest video and cassette tape maker, has transformed into a money-making man...

POSCO Int’l logs highest revenue for group affiliate in 2022

POSCO Int’l logs highest revenue for group affiliate in 2022

POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., logged the highes...

Hyundai L&C targets China’s interior materials market

Hyundai L&C targets China’s interior materials market

Hyundai L&C, a South Korean building materials company under the Hyundai Department Store Group, said on Sunday that it has entered the Chinese ...

Hyundai E&C consortium breaks ground on $7 bn S-Oil Shaheen project

Hyundai E&C consortium breaks ground on $7 bn S-Oil Shaheen project

A South Korean consortium led by Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. has embarked on building 9.26 trillion won ($7 billion) petrochemical fa...

SK Chemicals buys Chinese supplier’s recycled raw materials, PET unit

SK Chemicals buys Chinese supplier’s recycled raw materials, PET unit

South Korea’s SK Chemicals has created a production system for chemically recycled raw materials and PET for about 130 billion won ($100.1 mil...

S.Korea's LS Materials set to boost earnings ahead of IPO process

S.Korea's LS Materials set to boost earnings ahead of IPO process

LS Materials Co., a South Korean energy storage devices maker, is slated to ramp up earnings to accelerate its initial public offering process this ...

Dongsuh Foods applies green certification package to products

Dongsuh Foods applies green certification package to products

South Korea's food processing company Dongsuh Foods Corporation announced on Monday the launch of new green technology-certified packaging.This gree...

SK Incheon Petrochemical invests in domestic recycling waste tire startup

SK Incheon Petrochemical invests in domestic recycling waste tire startup

SK Incheon Petrochemical, a subsidiary of South Korea’s SK Innovation Co., on Sunday said it made an equity investment in the eco-friendly sta...

Shilla Duty Free Shop selected as excellent partner by Changi Airport

Shilla Duty Free Shop selected as excellent partner by Changi Airport

The Shilla Duty Free Shop announced on Monday that it had received the Gold Award at the 2022 OneChangi App Awards held by Singapore's Changi Airpor...

SK Materials makes equity investment in ION for CO2 capture partnership

SK Materials makes equity investment in ION for CO2 capture partnership

SK Materials Co., an industrial gas manufacturing affiliate of South Korea’s SK Inc., has made an equity investment in ION Clean Energy Inc., ...

Battery material maker EcoPro Materials eyes $2.3 billion IPO

Battery material maker EcoPro Materials eyes $2.3 billion IPO

EcoPro Materials Co., a unit of South Korea’s battery materials group EcoPro Group, is looking to list its shares on the country’s main ...

Kolon Plastics to make eco-friendly products from marine waste

Kolon Plastics to make eco-friendly products from marine waste

Kolon Plastics Inc. said on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with Netspa, a South Korean recycling social venture, to jointly develop enginee...

Korea’s L&F in $2.9 billion deal to supply battery material to Tesla

 Korea’s L&F in $2.9 billion deal to supply battery material to Tesla

South Korea’s leading battery materials maker L&F Co. said on Tuesday it has signed a $2.91 billion deal to supply cathode, a key electric...

Hanwha Solutions receives green certification for recycled plastic materials

Hanwha Solutions receives green certification for recycled plastic materials

South Korean chemical and renewable energy firm Hanwha Solutions Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has received a global certification for its recy...

SK Ecoplant to establish virtuous cycle ecosystem for waste resources

SK Ecoplant to establish virtuous cycle ecosystem for waste resources

SK Ecoplant Co., a subsidiary of South Korea's SK Group that focuses on recycling, construction and renewable energy, announced on Tuesday a busines...

Iljin Materials to change its name to Lotte Energy Materials

Iljin Materials to change its name to Lotte Energy Materials

Lotte Chemical Corp., a South Korean petrochemical giant, will rename Iljin Materials Co., the country’s second-largest copper foil maker, as ...

Korean Air, KIMS jointly develop stealth aircraft materials and parts

Korean Air, KIMS jointly develop stealth aircraft materials and parts

Korean Air and The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) have agreed to cooperate in developing aircraft materials and parts technology togeth...

POSCO Chemical changes name to POSCO Future M

POSCO Chemical changes name to POSCO Future M

POSCO Chemical, a chemical subsidiary of the POSCO Group, announced on Friday that it had approved an agenda to change its company name to "POSCO Fu...

Samyang to develop biomaterials for battery heat management

Samyang to develop biomaterials for battery heat management

South Korea’s Samyang Corp. signed a partnership agreement with local tech venture Nano Tim on Feb. 20 to jointly develop thermal interface ma...

Hyundai Heavy to develop core technology for seawater electrolysis system

Hyundai Heavy to develop core technology for seawater electrolysis system

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. signed a business agreement for jointly developing seawater electrolysis system core technology at the Korea Institute ...

SK Materials joins forces with ExxonMobil in blue ammonia sector

SK Materials joins forces with ExxonMobil in blue ammonia sector

South Korea's SK Materials will enter the blue ammonia market in partnership with global energy giant ExxonMobil.SK Materials on Wednesday said it s...

S.Korea's HMM establishes system for recycling waste ropes

S.Korea's HMM establishes system for recycling waste ropes

South Korea's HMM Co. announced on Tuesday that it had signed a business agreement with Foresys, a company specializing in marine waste management. ...

Will CATL’s bargain sales hurt Korean EV battery makers?

Will CATL’s bargain sales hurt Korean EV battery makers?

China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL), the leading global electric vehicle battery manufacturer, has started a price war in the w...

SK Enmove joins GRC's ElectroSafe Fluid Partner Program

SK Enmove joins GRC's ElectroSafe Fluid Partner Program

South Korea's SK Enmove Co. said on Monday it will participate in the ElectroSafe Fluid Partner Program run by US-based specialist company GRC, whic...

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