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Korean stock market
POSCO affiliates’ shares surge; market cap rises threefold in 5 years
Shares of POSCO Group affiliates are flying high with the steelmaker rapidly transforming into a battery materials manufacturer, riding the industry...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI, Stellantis agree to build 2nd US battery plant
South Korea’s Samsung SDI Co. and the Netherlands-based automaker Stellantis N.V. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to build the...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Labs opens door to unconventional idea seekers
South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. has launched LG Labs, a playground for those wanting to test unconventional ideas that ...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea's IMM to invest $23 mn in battery parts supplier Choil Aluminum
South Korean private credit firm IMM Credit & Solutions Inc. will invest 30 billion won ($23.4 million) in Choil Aluminum Co., an EV battery com...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Why do so many S.Korean innovators bow out following success?
Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of the global luxury goods leader LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, is well known for sporting a full head of...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
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...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Lotte Group's Shin stresses unlearning as key to innovation
Disregarding existing ways and being open to new opportunities are challenging in South Korea’s large conglomerates, where a strict corporate ...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GI Innovation seeks to license allergy therapy to Japan in 2023
South Korea’s GI Innovation Inc. aims to complete licensing of its allergic diseases treatment candidate to a Japanese drug company by year's ...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
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...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Tinder owner Match Group taps Sam Ahn as Asia's chief innovation officer
Match Group Inc., operating online dating and chat platforms like Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid in some 40 languages, has appointed its subsidiary Hyper...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
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...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
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...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
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...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
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 ...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
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...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
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...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
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...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
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...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
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...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
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 ...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
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...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
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...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
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...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
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 ...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Rights offerings
S.Korean firms' rights issues swell 10-fold in June
An increasing number of South Korean companies are bumping up new share sales in search of cheaper funds. A total of 10 companies listed on the Kosp...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics releases portable speaker XBoom
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday the launch of the LG XBoom, a portable party speaker with a built-in battery that delivers powerful sound an...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SKIET rejuvenates old mining town in Poland as green industry hub
DABROWA GORNICZA, Poland – It was not long ago that the Polish city of Dabrowa Gornicza in Silesia Province was struggling to bring back its g...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem produces single-crystal cathodes; to raise $1.5 bn in bonds
LG Chem Ltd. has begun mass production of high-nickel cathode materials made with a single crystal structure for the first time in South Korea, whic...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
L&F to jump-start anode business with Mitsubishi Chemical
L&F Co., a major cathode supplier in South Korea, has embarked on a grand plan to take its battery materials business to new heights with the ad...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)