Road near SK On’s US plant in Georgia named SK Blvd

Road near SK On’s US plant in Georgia named SK Blvd

South Korean battery maker SK On announced on Thursday that a road near its US corporation, SK Battery America's (SKBA) site, has been renamed "SK...

LS Materials embarks on IPO process to go public in 2023

LS Materials embarks on IPO process to go public in 2023

Global top ultracapacitor player LS Materials Co. is expected to go public in South Korea this year, which would mark the first LS Group company IPO...

EcoPro, Hanwha Ocean, JYP among top MSCI inclusion candidates

EcoPro, Hanwha Ocean, JYP among top MSCI inclusion candidates

EcoPro Co., Hanwha Ocean Co., JYP Entertainment Corp. and Kumyang Co. are the top candidates for inclusion in the MSCI Korea Index when the global s...

Korea Zinc likely to supply copper foil to LG Energy for EV batteries

Korea Zinc likely to supply copper foil to LG Energy for EV batteries

Korea Zinc Co., the world’s largest zinc and lead smelter, will likely start supplying copper foil, a key battery component, to LG Energy Solu...

LG Energy Solution to expands BaaS with Mintech

LG Energy Solution to expands BaaS with Mintech

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. partners with Mintech Co., a battery diagnostic solution provider, to expand its Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) b...

Lotte Materials invests in French silicon cathode materials startup

Lotte Materials invests in French silicon cathode materials startup

Lotte Energy Materials Corp., formerly Iljin Materials and now a copper foil manufacturing subsidiary of South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp., on Sund...

Ildong Bioscience gets US FDA OK for probiotic raw materials

Ildong Bioscience gets US FDA OK for probiotic raw materials

South Korea's Ildong Bioscience on Thursday said two of its probiotic raw materials received the certification generally recognized as safe (GRAS) f...

KCC boosts output of semiconductor-sealing material

KCC boosts output of semiconductor-sealing material

South Korean chemical and auto parts maker KCC Corp. is expanding its production lines for the semiconductor-sealing material epoxy molding compound...

POSCO sharply lifts 2030 battery materials sales targets

POSCO sharply lifts 2030 battery materials sales targets

South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. on Tuesday sharply revised up its sales targets for rechargeable battery materials as it is aiming to join t...

KHNP participates in Australian green cement project

KHNP participates in Australian green cement project

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) will participate in the South Australia green cement transition project, which aims to produce green hydr...

S.Korea’s imports of LFP cathode reverses to growth after 8 years

S.Korea’s imports of LFP cathode reverses to growth after 8 years

South Korea's imports of cathode materials used to make lithium ferrophosphate (LFP) batteries in the first five months of this year rose for the fi...

Hyundai Transys wins Red Dot Design Award

Hyundai Transys wins Red Dot Design Award

South Korean auto powertrain and seat maker Hyundai Transys announced on Monday that it has won the Winner prize at the "2023 Red Dot Design Award."...

SKC acquires 45% stake in chip test firm ISC for $400 million

SKC acquires 45% stake in chip test firm ISC for $400 million

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials company, said on Friday it has acquired a 45% stake in semiconductor test equipment maker ISC Co., for 5...

LG Energy triples lithium orders from SQM for US benefits

LG Energy triples lithium orders from SQM for US benefits

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, agreed to nearly triple lithium procurement from Sociedad ...

POSCO gears up for big stride as green materials firm with Hyper NO

POSCO gears up for big stride as green materials firm with Hyper NO

South Korea’s steel pioneer POSCO under POSCO Holdings Inc. is preparing to take another big stride as an eco-friendly materials provider with...

Hyundai-LG’s Indonesia battery financing chosen as Asia deal of 2022

Hyundai-LG’s Indonesia battery financing chosen as Asia deal of 2022

The $711 million financing organized by Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution Ltd. last year for their battery joint venture in Indonesia has bee...

Deal reached on LG-Stellantis battery plant subsidy; construction resumes

Deal reached on LG-Stellantis battery plant subsidy; construction resumes

All construction work at a battery joint venture in Canada between South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. and multinational automaker Stellanti...

S.Korea's Riiid enters Brazilian public education market

S.Korea's Riiid enters Brazilian public education market

South Korean AI-powered edtech firm Riiid will enter the Brazilian public education market. The company announced on Wednesday that it has signed a ...

Kolon Industries to develop new materials for space exploration

Kolon Industries to develop new materials for space exploration

Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturer, announced on Wednesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) wi...

Samsung Electronics to aid foundry clients with state-of-the-art tech

Samsung Electronics to aid foundry clients with state-of-the-art tech

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, will provide its foundry clients with state-of-the-art technology to support th...

SKC to invest $3.8 bn in secondary battery materials by 2025

SKC to invest $3.8 bn in secondary battery materials by 2025

South Korea's chemical material maker SKC will invest over 5 trillion won ($3.8 billion) in three sectors -- secondary batteries, semiconductors and...

Lotte Energy Materials aspires to become copper foil leader: CEO

Lotte Energy Materials aspires to become copper foil leader: CEO

South Korea’s Lotte Energy Materials Corp. said on Tuesday that growing demand for reasonably priced electric vehicles will expand the market ...

Kia to begin EV battery subscription service pilot project

Kia to begin EV battery subscription service pilot project

South Korea's Kia Corp. said on Tuesday it has partnered with Hyundai Capital Services, Shinhan EZ General Insurance, the Seoul Taxi Association, Ha...

KPS to recycle waste batteries for Samsung Electronics

KPS to recycle waste batteries for Samsung Electronics

Segi Recycling Technology, aka Segi Retech, a secondary battery recycling subsidiary of South Korea's KPS Corporation, has entered the market for re...

Korea-China battery minerals tie-up mutually beneficial: CNGR chief

 Korea-China battery minerals tie-up mutually beneficial: CNGR chief

China and South Korea stand to mutually benefit by strengthening their partnership in the battery materials business amid tougher US regulations on ...

Samsung SDI gets carbon footprint certification

Samsung SDI gets carbon footprint certification

South Korea's Samsung SDI Co., the sixth-largest electric vehicle cell maker globally, announced on Friday that it has become the first secondary ba...

Samsung SDI expands cooperation with EV makers

Samsung SDI expands cooperation with EV makers

Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest electric vehicle cell maker, is expanding cooperation with its customers including General Motors C...

LG Group seeks new partners in Silicon Valley’s startup scene

LG Group seeks new partners in Silicon Valley’s startup scene

South Korea’s LG Group seeks new partnerships with global ventures to strengthen its new growth engines, such as batteries, biopharmaceuticals...

POSCO’s Choi traverses Canada, US to pitch for battery material projects

POSCO’s Choi traverses Canada, US to pitch for battery material projects

Choi Jeong-woo, chairman of South Korea’s largest steel group POSCO, is crisscrossing Canada and the US to meet with politicians and business ...

CJ Logistics to build logistics centers in US with $416 mn investment

CJ Logistics to build logistics centers in US with $416 mn investment

CJ Logistics Corp. and Korea Ocean Business Corporation (KOBC) will together build three logistics centers in the US with an estimated investment of...

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