SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean builder SK ecoplant Co. said Thursday it has invested US$50 million in Ascend Elements, a U.S.-based lithium-ion battery recycling and engineered materials company, as part of efforts to gain a stronger foothold in the waste battery market. The investment is a part of Ascend Elements’ Series C [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES) said Monday it is joining hands with Japan’s Honda Motor Co. to build an electric vehicle battery plant in the United States in the latest move to increase its production capacity amid growing demand for zero-emission vehicles. The two companies [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO Holdings Co., the world’s fifth-largest steelmaker by output, said Friday it has completed the construction of a used secondary battery recycling plant in Poland as part of its push to expand its presence in the burgeoning sector. The Poland Legnica Sourcing Center (PLSC), in Brzeg Dolny, some 30 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean battery maker Samsung SDI Co. said Friday its management has met with a group of government officials from the U.S. state of Indiana in Seoul and discussed the ongoing battery joint venture with Stellantis N.V. Choi Yoon-ho, CEO of Samsung SDI, met with Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung SDI Co. said Friday it posted record high operating income and sales in the second quarter, driven by strong sales of electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Operating income reached 429 billion won (US$330.4 million) in the April-June period, up 45.3 percent from a year earlier, the company said in [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO Chemical Co. will supply a key electric vehicle (EV) battery component to General Motors Co. for three years starting 2023, in an additional US$10.8 billion deal expected to give a boost to the South Korean firm’s pivot to the battery materials sector. POSCO Chemical will supply high-nickel cathodes [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd. said Wednesday it has clinched a long-term supply agreement with General Motors Co. to provide the U.S. carmaker with key materials for electric vehicle (EV) battery cells. LG Chem, the country’s leading chemical firm, will supply more than 950,000 tons of cathode materials under the eight-year [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES) said Tuesday it has signed a joint venture agreement with a Chinese mining company to build a battery recycling plant to secure raw materials for lithium-ion battery components. The joint venture deal with Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. will commit the two companies to build [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean battery maker SK On Co. said Friday it has partnered with Ford Motor Co. and a domestic cathode firm to jointly invest in a cathode materials production facility in the United States. SK On said it it has recently signed a letter of intent with Ford and [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Energy Solution, South Korea’s leading electric vehicle battery maker, said Friday it will supply more battery packs to Ford Motor Co. as the U.S. carmaker ramps up its global production of electric vehicles. LG Energy Solution will initially double the battery production line allotted for Ford Motor at [...]