SK Ecoplant develops core battery recycling technologies

South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co. has developed four core battery-recycling technologies, including recovering nickel and cobalt from spent lithiu...

Korean battery makers’ broad restructuring hits US

SK On Co., South Korea’s No. 3 battery maker, has decided to furlough employees at one of its US battery factories in the state of Georgia to ...

SK, Hyundai Motor's US JV, named Georgia's Deal of Year

South Korea’s battery maker SK On and Hyundai Motor Group's joint battery project in Georgia, the US, was awarded the "Deal of the Year 2023 i...

SK Telecom verifies AI server liquid immersion cooling tech

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Tuesday that it has successfully verified the liquid immersion cooling technology, a next-generation Inter...

SK Hynix’s new LPDDR5T chip shipped to Vivo for X100 smartphones

SK Hynix Inc. said on Monday it has commercialized the world’s fastest mobile DRAM by shipping its new advanced mobile chips, LPDDR5T, to Chin...

Hyundai breaks ground on $1.5 bn EV plant in S.Korea

ULSAN -- Hyundai Motor Co., the world’s third-largest automaker along with its affiliate Kia Corp., on Monday broke ground for a dedicated ele...

P&O Chemicals completes pitch plant for cathode materials

South Korea's P&O Chemical, a joint venture of POSCO Future M Co. and OCI Holdings Co. completed the pitch plant in Tancheon Industrial Complex,...

SK Energy to spin off tank terminal business as new logistics firm

SK Energy Co., a unit of South Korean oil refiner and battery maker SK Innovation Co., is spinning off its crude oil storage and shipment business t...

SK-backed social impact startups see higher corporate values

South Korean social impact startups backed by the country’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group enjoyed higher corporate values with two of t...

Saudi Aramco’s $7 bn Korea project mired by labor shortage

Saudi Aramco’s $7 billion petrochemical project in South Korea, in what would be its largest-ever investment in the country, has hit a stumbli...

Polestar 4 EV to be built at Renault’s Korean plant from 2025

Swedish electric vehicle maker Polestar will build its upcoming Polestar 4 SUV coupe at Renault Group’s manufacturing plant in South Korea fro...

SK Biopharma’s Cenobamate US patent extended by 2032

South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals announced on Friday an extension of its US patent for the epilepsy treatment Cenobamate, now set to expire on Oc...

SK Hynix bets on DRAM upturn with $7.6 bn spending; HBM in focus

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., is significantly increasing its capital spending on ...

Hyundai's Supernal plans to build flying taxi plant in US

Hyundai Motor Group plans to build a flying electric taxi plant in the US as the South Korean automotive group aims to bring flying cars to the mark...

SK Telecom’s Q3 profit up on brisk data center, cloud sales

SK Telecom Co.'s third-quarter operating profit increased 7% on-year, becoming the only South Korean mobile carrier posting an on-year gain in profi...

Hyundai Mobis raises $940 mn via loan for EV parts plants in US

Hyundai Mobis Co., an auto part-making unit of Hyundai Motor Group, has raised $940 million via an overseas loan to build facilities for its electri...

Doosan Bobcat to build new factory in Mexico

Doosan Bobcat Inc., the construction and agricultural machine manufacturer of South Korea’s Doosan Group, announced on Wednesday it plans...

LG Energy, SK On to delay battery JVs with Ford as demand slows

South Korea’s leading battery makers are postponing their plans to start operations of their joint ventures with Ford Motor Co. as the growth ...

SK E&S, K-water to jointly develop homegrown green hydrogen facilities

South Korea's SK E&S announced on Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Plug Power, K-water, and SK Plug Hyverse to expand ...

SK On signs deal to supply NCM battery cells to Sweden’s Polestar 5 EV

SK On Co., the battery-making affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, has signed a deal to supply nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) battery cell modu...

SK Telecom invests in AI startups Allganize, Imprimed

SK Telecom Co. has invested a combined 9.4 billion won ($7.2 million) in artificial intelligence startups Allganize Inc. and Imprimed Inc., the top ...

SK Ecoplant to supply fuel cells to Irish data centers

SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management firm, plans to provide solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) to Irish power ge...

SK Geo Centric switches to recycled materials for petchem packaging

South Korea’s SK Geo Centric Co. is using recycled materials for product packaging as it aims to transform itself into a green petrochemical p...

Heerim wins design contract for Hyundai Motor's Saudi plant

South Korea's Heerim Architects & Planners said on Monday it secured the architectural design contract for Hyundai Motor Co.'s new automobile as...

SK Nexilis launches copper foil production in Malaysia

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia – South Korea’s SK Nexilis Co., the world’s largest copper foil maker, started commercial production at it...

Neowiz, SK Hynix to team up for global marketing

South Korean game developer Neowiz announced on Friday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SK Hynix Inc. for global marketing col...

SK Innovation targets profit from EV battery unit in Q4

SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top energy company, said its electric vehicle (EV) battery subsidiary aims to turn to the black in the fourth...

Daewoo E&C opens new branch in Turkmenistan

South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. (Daewoo E&C) opened a branch in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, on Oct. 31, the c...

Korea exports snap year-long slide as chips regain momentum

South Korean exports rose in October for the first time in 13 months as semiconductors, the country’s top export item, are on course to regain...

Samsung Engineering secures $349 mn bio plant deal

South Korea's Samsung Engineering secured a deal for the Songdo Bio Raw Material Plant construction project from the global life sciences and labora...