SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean battery maker SK On Co. said Tuesday its joint venture with Ford Motor Co. has broken ground on an electric vehicle battery plant in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The project is part of the US$11.4 billion investment the two companies announced in September last year to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO Chemical Co. said Monday it has clinched a long-term deal to supply a key battery material to the U.S.-based joint venture between South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. and General Motors Co. POSCO Chemical will supply US$688.6 million worth of artificial graphite, a material used as anodes in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Energy Solution Ltd.’s joint venture with U.S. General Motors Co. will invest an additional US$275 million for their electric vehicle battery plant under construction in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The additional investment by Ultium Cells LLC will help expand the facility’s output by more than 40 percent, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s leading auto parts maker, said Wednesday that a mobile fuel cell power pack developed in-house will be used for the hydrogen mobility demonstration project organized by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and the Ulsan Metropolitan Government. The firm and Hyundai Genuine Co., a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – SK On Co., the battery-making unit under South Korea’s SK Group, will raise up to 1.3 trillion won (US$985 million) from six local private equity funds, its parent firm said Wednesday, a move that will help the company secure funds before pushing for an initial public offering (IPO). SK [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Indong Advanced Materials Inc., a South Korean producer of secondary battery materials, said Wednesday it has acquired lithium mining rights in Bolivia in a deal potentially worth as much as 130 trillion won (US$98.4 billion). The mining rights are part of the business contract Indong Advanced Materials has signed [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group said Tuesday it has signed an initial pact with car battery maker SK On Co. to secure batteries for its dedicated electric vehicle (EV) plant in the United States. The two South Korean companies have signed a memorandum of understanding for the supply of batteries and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean battery maker SK On Co. said Friday it has signed an initial agreement with two battery component producers to build a facility in Indonesia to produce an intermediate nickel product for electric vehicle batteries to secure stable supply of the key material. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top chemical producer, said Wednesday it forged a partnership with a major South Korean smelter of nonferrous metals to work together for a stable supply of electric vehicle (EV) battery components in North America. LG Chem said it signed a memorandum of understanding with [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top chemical producer, said Tuesday it will build its first U.S. cathode plant in Tennessee as it accelerates its overseas push in North America to respond to the growing demand for electric vehicle (EV) components. LG Chem will spend at least US$3 billion on [...]