SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES) will supply its electric vehicle batteries to Japanese commercial vehicle maker Isuzu Motors Ltd. in a deal likely amounting to at least 1 trillion won (US$762.4 million), a news report said Wednesday. LGES will produce cylindrical batteries for Isuzu’s EV version of its flagship [...]
SEJONG, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will expand its generation of nuclear power to more than 30 percent of its total energy creation by 2030 as part of efforts to boost energy security and better meet carbon neutrality goals, the industry ministry said Tuesday. The Yoon Suk-yeol government has pledged to reverse the [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean battery makers are expected to show mixed quarterly results in the second quarter, with Samsung SDI Co. likely to be the only one with profit growth, as rising raw materials costs and auto chip shortages continue to weigh down on their profitability. Samsung SDI is estimated to [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean oil refiners are estimated to have reaped strong earnings in the second quarter following record profits in the previous quarter, boosted by widened margins and higher oil prices, industry data showed Tuesday. Top player SK Innovation Co. is expected to have posted 1.81 trillion won (US$1.39 [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — SK E&S Co., a South Korean natural gas provider, is planning to open an office in London to push for an expansion in Europe, the world’s largest economic bloc, where the energy market is being reshaped amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, the company’s head said Monday. “In the past, [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. has officially scrapped a plan to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered thermal power plant that it had pursued as part of a carbon neutral strategy. The company said it had mulled over constructing an LNG power plant to reduce carbon emissions [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — LS Cable & System Ltd., South Korea’s leading wire and cable manufacturer, said Sunday it would carry out a wooden cable drum recycling project as part of its efforts to strengthen environmental, social and governance (ESG) management through resource circulation. Wooden drums are used in the process of storing [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Energy Solution said Sunday its CEO Kwon Young-soo has left for Europe to check on its battery plant in Poland and meet with key partners there as the battery maker is striving to broaden its electric vehicle battery business. During the five-day trip, Kwon is scheduled to visit [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s leading chemical maker, said Thursday it will take the initiative to build a virtuous resource cycle ecosystem using plastic waste with its business partners. The company signed a memorandum of understanding with Sampyo Cement, Hyundai Rotem, the Korea Engineers Alliance and the Korea Cement Association [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean oil refiners are enjoying a boom time amid sky-high oil prices. Against this backdrop, the political community is now in talks to limit profits by introducing a so-called windfall profits tax. Rep. Park Hong-keun, floor leader of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), said that he would [...]