carbon capture systems
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Carbon neutrality
POSCO partners with Australia’s Roy Hill for carbon neutrality initiatives
South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO and Australia’s major iron ore supplier Roy Hill have strengthened their existing partnership to cond...
Aug 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG Display to power all offices with 100% renewable energy
LG Display Co., a major South Korean display panel maker, said on Monday it is shifting to 100% renewable energy to power all its business offices i...
Jul 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future Mobility
Hyundai Mobis targets in-vehicle healthcare with brainwave technology
South Korea’s top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis has developed a new brainwave detection technology that monitors a driver's physical and psyc...
Jul 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea closer to banning Google's in-app billing system
South Korea is a step closer to stopping app store operators like Google Inc. and Apple Inc. from requiring all digital content purchases from apps ...
Jul 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
Blackstone may team up with Mahle to buy Hanon Systems
The Blackstone Group is in discussions with German automotive parts manufacturer Mahle GmbH to make a joint bid for South Korea's Hanon Systems Corp...
Jul 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Lotte Chemical goes green with $3.8 bn investment in hydrogen business
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. is investing 4.4 trillion won ($3.8 billion) in hydrogen projects by 2030 to foster the business as a new g...
Jul 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai innovates EV manufacturing with smart factory system
South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. is making innovations in its electric vehicle manufacturing processes. The company on July 1 reve...
Jul 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Innovation to split battery unit, eyes Nasdaq debut as it goes greener
South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. said on Thursday it is considering a spin-off of its battery business and listing the separated entity on the ...
Jul 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Bain report renews debate on alternative trading system in Korea
With South Korea’s stock markets maintaining bullish momentum this year, debate about setting up an alternative trading system (ATS) in the co...
Jun 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Chairman vows to achieve carbon neutrality ahead of 2050 UN target
SK Group has pledged to achieve carbon neutrality prior to 2050, the year set by the United Nations (UN) to reach net-zero carbon emissions globally...
Jun 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Carlyle, Bain Capital, Valeo, Mahle enter prelim bids for Hanon Systems
The preliminary bidding to acquire South Korea’s auto parts supplier Hanon Systems Corp. has drawn overseas-based bidders only, with the stron...
Jun 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
GS Caltex marks Korea’s first company to buy carbon-neutral crude oil
GS Group has become South Korea’s first business group to purchase carbon-neutral crude oil, in a move to strengthen its ESG efforts.South Kor...
Jun 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai to provide hydrogen fuel cell system for world’s first electric car race
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group will provide its hydrogen fuel cell system to the world’s first touring race for electric vehicles, Hy...
Jun 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Memory leader Samsung aims to strengthen system chips, foundry
Samsung Electronics Co. is forecast to keep its memory leadership amid growing competition, although the South Korean tech giant has some catching u...
Jun 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Rights offerings
Hanwha Systems’ $1 bn rights offer oversubscribed; investors to book gains
South Korea’s Hanwha Systems Co. is set for a successful rights offering as the defense and air mobility unit of Hanwha Group has garnered str...
Jun 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
SK invests in the US 'turquoise' hydrogen maker Monolith Materials
SK Inc., the holding and investment company of SK Group, has made another big investment in the US hydrogen segment.On Jun. 3, SK said that it bough...
Jun 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK Innovation in CO2 capture, storage technology project
SK Innovation Co. signed an agreement on May 26 to participate in South Korea's first government-led project to develop carbon capture and storage (...
May 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Motor chairman vows to go carbon neutral, stresses electrification
Chung Euisun, chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, has vowed to go carbon neutral in the group's processes, from automaking to vehicle disposal, in a mo...
May 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
Hanwha Systems to launch $1.1 bn rights issue in June
Hanwha Systems Co., which leads the satellite communication and urban air mobility (UAM) businesses of South Korea's Hanwha Group, is set to launch ...
May 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Stake sales
Halla to join bid for Hanon Systems stake; seen biggest deal in Korea
South Korea’s Halla Group is joining the race for the purchase of auto parts supplier Hanon Systems Corp. -- a deal, if reached at the top end...
May 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Deals
Biggest deal in Korea: Hanon Systems stake sale draws KKR, Carlyle, TPG
The sale process of a near-70% stake in South Korean auto parts supplier Hanon Systems Corp. has kicked off, attracting a pool of strategic investor...
May 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
NPS shelves plan for negative screening on high emitters
The National Pension Service has shelved a plan to introduce negative screening on coal mines and relevant businesses in an aim to build a low-carbo...
Apr 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Evercore joins as advisor for S.Korea’s Hanon Systems stake sale
Evercore Inc., a New York-based boutique investment banking advisory firm, is joining hands with Morgan Stanley to co-manage the sale of a majority ...
Apr 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
LG Chem expands carbon nanotube production with new plant
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. has completed an extension of its production line for carbon nanotubes (CNTs), known as a wonder material for its strengt...
Apr 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hankook Tire to sell stake in Hanon Systems, eyes $900 mn gains
South Korea’s Hankook Tire & Technology Co. plans to divest of its 19.5% stake in Hanon Systems Corp., an auto parts maker, in a move that...
Apr 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
BOK tells institutions to cut exposure in high carbon sectors
The Bank of Korea has asked the country’s financial institutions to reduce exposure in economic sectors that generate high levels of carbon em...
Mar 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Stronger carbon stance puts cost pressure on manufacturers
South Korea’s carbon emission regulations – strengthened again this year – are projected to exert financial pressure on the countr...
Mar 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor chair says to upgrade incentive, promotion systems
The Hyundai Motor Group will upgrade its performance-based incentive and promotion systems to the global levels to compensate its top performers and...
Mar 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor to introduce batch production system at local plant
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. is considering introducing a new factory idea for its major local plant aimed at better responding to rising m...
Mar 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Satellite communications
Hanwha Systems to invest $30 mn in US communications firm Kymeta
Hanwha Systems Co., the defense industry arm of Hanwha Group, has decided to invest 33.2 billion won ($30 million) in Kymeta Corp., a US satellite c...
Dec 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)