raw material prices

With competition heating up in the global race for more eco-friendly cars, South Korea’s major companies are moving forward with their plans t...

South Korea’s telecom and content giant KT Corp. is receiving renewed interest this year among stock market investors and financial analysts, ...

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. is diversifying into electric vehicle raw materials and hydrogen businesses as new growth drivers, moving a...

Office building prices in downtown Seoul set a fresh record high this month, with the highest price of one pyeong, or 3.3 square meters, surpassing ...

South Korea’s major companies are looking for merger and acquisition opportunities in the rechargeable battery materials sector, which is grow...

The initial public offering price of South Korea’s SK IE Technology Co. has been set at the top end of the proposed band, reflecting a recor...

LG Display Co., a major South Korean display panel maker, has been in the red for years, weighed by subdued panel prices amid a supply glut caused b...

A rapid increase in liquid crystal display (LCD) panel prices has sharply narrowed the price gap between LCD panels and organic light-emitting diode...

Posco Chemical Co., the secondary battery materials unit of POSCO, will supply anodes, a key material used in electric car batteries, to the joint v...

South Korea’s top conglomerates have enjoyed their domestic market leadership for decades with a focus on the steel, shipbuilding and petroche...

SK Bioscience Co., a spin-off from the vaccine division of SK Chemicals, posted a strong debut on Kospi on Mar. 18, closing at 169,000 won a share, ...

Chip shortages have hit the memory segment of the industry and are likely to have a price impact on solid-state drives (SSDs), storage devices typic...

South Korea’s SK Global Chemical, a wholly owned subsidiary of SK Innovation, and POSCO have joined hands to develop steel and plastic composi...

This year, South Korean companies preparing for trading debuts have set their offering prices on average about 27% higher than the proposed price ba...

Graphene is often called a “wonder material” because of the extraordinary properties that come from its nano-scale structure. It is an e...

Kakao Corp. will split its stock on a five-for-one basis in April, which the South Korean mobile messaging app giant said would make the stock more ...

Signs that the global DRAM market is entering a boom cycle are looming large with chip prices on an ascending trendline and major chipmakers spendin...

Crude oil prices have rebounded by more than 20% since the start of the year, but their recovering prices have not yet translated into margin improv...

Back in 2019, SKC Kolon PI, a maker of industrial film, was put up for sale as the company’s two largest owners thought the business’s g...

For retail investors of Samsung Electronics Co., the stock’s recent drop is reminiscent of the 2018 crash, when individuals who snapped up the...

South Korea’s major shipbuilding companies are set to benefit from rising newbuilding prices, brightening the outlook for an improvement in th...

South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO's commitment to innovation and growth has been well demonstrated this year, as it wraps up acquisition ...

The National Pension Service has raised exposure to parts, materials and leisure stocks in South Korea that had underperformed the broader markets, ...

South Korean steelmaker POSCO launched in 1968 with a mission to aid the country's economic growth through its steel business. True to its inten...

Electric car batteries are often dubbed as "another semiconductor" in South Korea, a reference to the importance of semiconductor chips, key drive...

Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturing company, is readying for the mass production of a key material for fuel cells...

Lawmakers from both ruling and opposition parties in South Korea have joined forces to propose employment stability be added to the Bank of Korea&rsqu...

Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. is seeking to cut the 2.1 trillion won ($1.9 billion) acquisition price for a majority stake in South Korean riv...

Hyundai Motor Co. displayed fashion items made of discarded materials from the automotive manufacturing and scrapping process on Oct. 8, calling it a ...

POSCO, South Korea’s largest steel producer, will collaborate with US-based oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. to develop liquefied natural gas (LNG) t...