SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES), South Korea’s leading battery maker, said Thursday it has begun the construction of its US$5.5 billion battery plant in Arizona, with an aim to start operations in 2026. LGES plans to produce 46-Series cylindrical batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES), South Korea’s leading battery maker, said Tuesday its joint venture with General Motors Co. began production at their second battery plant in the United States. The first round of battery cells produced at the plant have been delivered to GM for installation in the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — L&F Co., a South Korean cathode material company, said Monday it has signed a 13.19 trillion-won (US$9.85 billion) deal to supply high-nickel cathodes to SK On Co., the battery unit of chip-to-construction conglomerate SK Group. L&F will supply 300,000 tons of high-nickel cathode materials for SK On’s car batteries [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean rechargeable battery materials company EcoPro said Monday it has invested US$11 million in a stake of a nickel smelting factory in Indonesia to secure the key battery material. In the latest investment, EcoPro acquired a 9 percent stake in Green Eco Nickel operated by China’s battery material [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – In a race against time, the battery sector is making strides towards developing technology that could dramatically speed up the charging process for electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The current benchmark to charge an EV battery to 80% capacity takes anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, but the goal now [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) –A South Korean geoscience research institute said Tuesday it found a lithium deposit in Kazakhstan last year and plans to push for its development. The deposit was found in a 1.6 kilometer-square area of pegmatites in eastern Kazakhstan, where tantalum was mined in the past, the Korea Institute of Geoscience [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s demand for key minerals is expected to jump up to nineteenfold from 2021 by 2040 due to expansion in the electric car and wind power industries, a report showed Sunday. The demand for lithium, nickel, manganese and cobalt, essential for electric car batteries, will be up by [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) –SK On, a relative newcomer in the battery industry, has announced a novel approach to employee compensation by offering virtual stocks to employees equivalent to 30% of their annual salaries. This move comes in the wake of the company facing a challenging financial year with zero performance bonuses allocated, stirring [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES), South Korea’s top car battery maker, said Thursday it has signed a long-term cathode supply deal with a Chinese company to expand its lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery business. The deal calls for the Changzhou Liyuan New Energy Technology Co. to supply LGES with [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES), South Korea’s leading battery maker, said Tuesday it has signed a deal to receive a key battery material from an Australian company. Under the one-year deal with Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers (WesCEF), LGES will receive 85,000 tons of lithium spodumene concentrate, which can [...]