SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has captured the No. 1 spot in global shipbuilding orders for the first time in four years on the back of rising demand for high-priced vessels, such as liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers and container ships, data showed Wednesday. The country’s shipbuilders secured a total of 9.79 [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) said Wednesday it has replaced existing contracts for three liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers with new ones with a higher price tag amid supply chain disruptions. KSOE, a subholding company of global shipping titan Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings, said in a regulatory [...]
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 [...]
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 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 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES) said Thursday it has signed a non-binding agreement with a U.S. mining company for the supply of two kinds of lithium products used in electric vehicle (EV) lithium-ion batteries. Under the memorandum of understanding, Compass Minerals, a Kansas-based provider of [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO Chemical Co., a major South Korean chemical company, said Thursday it has agreed to cooperate with a British battery startup on the development and supply of electric vehicle battery components in a bid to tap deeper into the European EV market. POSCO Chemical and Britishvolt Ltd., a West [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Chemical Corp. said Wednesday it will spend an additional 140 billion won (US$108.4 million) to expand its electrolyte solvent factory in South Korea to produce four core electrolyte materials vital to the fabrication of lithium-ion batteries. Lotte Chemical said it will push to produce ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) [...]