Hanwha Solutions invests $100 mn in US energy startup Lancium

Hanwha Solutions invests $100 mn in US energy startup Lancium

South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions Corp. has invested in a US data center energy management startup as part of its new business model to embrace t...

Korea’s Midas Asset buys logistics center in Italy for €200 mn

Korea’s Midas Asset buys logistics center in Italy for €200 mn

South Korea’s Midas Asset Management Co. has bought a logistics center leased to Amazon, the world’s top online shopping mall, in Italy ...

LG Energy to list end-January with enterprise value up to $67 billion

LG Energy to list end-January with enterprise value up to $67 billion

LG Energy Solution Ltd. will list its shares on the main bourse around the end of January, valuing the top South Korean battery maker between 70 tri...

Hyundai Motor Group seeks to buy Korea waste treatment firm

Hyundai Motor Group seeks to buy Korea waste treatment firm

Hyundai Engineering Co., Hyundai Motor Group’s construction arm, has joined the race to buy a South Korean garbage treatment company as the gr...

POSCO to quadruple steel sheet production for eco-friendly cars

POSCO to quadruple steel sheet production for eco-friendly cars

South Korean steelmaking giant POSCO Co. is slated to quadruple its production of non-grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, a key material in the...

Hanwha Energy to raise $130 mn for Australia hydrogen project

Hanwha Energy to raise $130 mn for Australia hydrogen project

Hanwha Energy Corp. of South Korea's Hanwha Group will raise about 150 billion won ($130 million) from Woori Private Equity to fund its solar energy...

LG Energy Solution to supply batteries to US fuel cell truck maker Nikola

LG Energy Solution to supply batteries to US fuel cell truck maker Nikola

LG Energy Solution Ltd., a leading South Korean battery maker, has signed a deal to supply batteries to Nikola Corp., a US hydrogen fuel cell electr...

SeAH set for record earnings on steel supercycle, offshore wind projects

SeAH set for record earnings on steel supercycle, offshore wind projects

SeAH Group, a South Korean mid-size special steel conglomerate, is set to post record earnings this year on the back of the global steel supercycle ...

SK E&S in talks to sell ESS, solar energy projects

SK E&S in talks to sell ESS, solar energy projects

SK E&S Co. is in talks with a number of private equity firms and financial investors to sell energy storage systems (ESS) and solar energy devel...

KIC to raise alternative investments to 25% by 2027

KIC to raise alternative investments to 25% by 2027

Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) plans to increase alternative investments to a quarter of its portfolio by 2027 from the current 16%, its CEO Jin Seoun...

LG Group's No. 2 exec Kwon to head EV battery unit

LG Group's No. 2 exec Kwon to head EV battery unit

Kwon Young-soo, the No. 2 leader of South Korea's LG Group, will be appointed as the chief executive officer of LG Energy Solution Ltd. next month, ...

Samsung SDI, Stellantis to build billion-dollar battery JV in US

Samsung SDI, Stellantis to build billion-dollar battery JV in US

Samsung SDI Co. has partnered with Dutch-domiciled multinational automaker Stellantis N.V. to build a multi-billion-dollar battery facility in the U...

LG Energy, Stellantis to launch $3.4 billion EV battery JV in US

LG Energy, Stellantis to launch $3.4 billion EV battery JV in US

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. and multinational automaker Stellantis N.V. are launching a 4 trillion won ($3.4 billion) joint venture ...

LG Energy Solution’s IPO plan remains elusive after GM recall settlement

LG Energy Solution’s IPO plan remains elusive after GM recall settlement

South Korea’s top battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. is about to resume its initial share sale plan shelved for months due to the uncertain...

LG Electronics Q3 profit halves on GM recalls, sales at record-high

LG Electronics Q3 profit halves on GM recalls, sales at record-high

LG Electronics Inc. said on Tuesday it expects its third-quarter operating profit to plunge as heavy costs for General Motors Co.’s recall of ...

Korea to require power plants to use more renewable energy resources

Korea to require power plants to use more renewable energy resources

South Korea plans to require domestic power companies to consume more renewable energy resources for electricity production. The move is a part of t...

Merchant liner SM Line to list on Kosdaq in November

Merchant liner SM Line to list on Kosdaq in November

South Korea’s merchant liner SM Line Corp. is set to become a publicly-traded company in November. SM Line has submitted its securities regist...

Hyundai Glovis launches ECOH brand for hydrogen, battery businesses

Hyundai Glovis launches ECOH brand for hydrogen, battery businesses

Hyundai Glovis Co., a logistics unit of Hyundai Motor Group, said on Monday it is launching a new brand to beef up its eco-friendly business, includ...

Small-size PCB makers in expansion mode to meet demand

Small-size PCB makers in expansion mode to meet demand

The growing demand for larger-size printed circuit boards (PCBs), used to connect chips to the circuit boards of electronic devices, has been pushin...

LG Energy develops safer, long-lasting solid-state battery technology

LG Energy develops safer, long-lasting solid-state battery technology

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Friday the company and the University of California San Diego have jointly developed a next-gene...

SK Innovation to supply batteries to Hyundai IONIQ 7

SK Innovation to supply batteries to Hyundai IONIQ 7

SK Innovation Co. is set to supply batteries for the IONIQ 7, Hyundai Motor Co.’s large electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) to be unveiled in...

Hyundai, LG Energy break ground on $1.1 bn Indonesia battery plant

Hyundai, LG Energy break ground on $1.1 bn Indonesia battery plant

Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution Ltd. have begun construction of a $1.1 billion battery cell plant in Indonesia as the two South Korean comp...

LG Chem, ADM to build JV in US to produce bioplastics made from corn

LG Chem, ADM to build JV in US to produce bioplastics made from corn

South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. said on Tuesday it is jointly building a corn-based bioplastic plant in the US with Archer Daniels Midland Co., a g...

Hyosung Group Chairman Cho seeks growth opportunities in US market

Hyosung Group Chairman Cho seeks growth opportunities in US market

South Korea’s Hyosung Group is looking to the US market for growth as the textile and chemicals conglomerate is expanding facilities in Americ...

DL Chem to spend $2 bn on petrochemical expansion

DL Chem to spend $2 bn on petrochemical expansion

DL Chemical Co., the petrochemical arm of South Korea's DL Group, will spend 2 trillion won ($1.7 billion) over the next five years to sharply boost...

Hyundai mulls robot dog Spot for facility inspector job

Hyundai mulls robot dog Spot for facility inspector job

South Korea's largest carmaker Hyundai Motor Group is considering employing Spot, the four-legged robot developed by Boston Dynamics Inc., in its ...

SK E&S acquires US energy firm KCE, to invest $600 mn for expansion

SK E&S acquires US energy firm KCE, to invest $600 mn for expansion

SK E&S Co., the natural gas business unit of SK Group, has acquired Key Capture Energy LLC (KCE), a US operator of energy storage projects, as t...

Korea’s Simone: Rise from replica handbag maker to luxury brand

Korea’s Simone: Rise from replica handbag maker to luxury brand

UIWANG, Gyeonggi Province – Simone Acc. Collection Ltd., a South Korean luxury handbag maker, stresses one interesting number to its clients w...

LG Energy Solution, SK Innovation raise global battery market shares

LG Energy Solution, SK Innovation raise global battery market shares

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and SK Innovation Co. expanded global battery market shares, leading steady growth in South Korea’s battery industry.S...

LG delays decision on battery unit IPO to Q4

LG delays decision on battery unit IPO to Q4

LG Chem Ltd.’s battery unit LG Energy Solution Ltd. will not be listed on Kospi within the third quarter. Investors are keeping close eyes on ...

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