SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s leading memory chip and smartphone maker, has begun replacing Japanese materials with local supplies for its production of semiconductors, company officials said Tuesday, a move that could offset Japan’s restrictions on high-tech exports to South Korea. “(The company) has injected supplies other than Japanese [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A sharp drop in prices of key raw materials, such as iron ore, is posing a quandary for South Korean steelmakers who are eager to raise prices of their steel products for the second half of the year, industry observers said Saturday. According to data from Korea Resources Corporation, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Innovation Co., a major electric vehicle (EV) battery maker in South Korea, said Friday it will file lawsuits against its local rival LG Chem Ltd. and LG Electronics Inc. in the United States for patent infringement over EV battery technology. SK Innovation said it plans to file lawsuits [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display Co. said Friday it has completed the construction of a new OLED factory in China to start mass production of large screens for premium televisions. LG Display has invested about 5 trillion won (US$4.2 billion) to build the Guangzhou factory for the production of organic light-emitting diode [...]
ULSAN/SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co. kicked off construction of a major electric vehicle parts plant in Ulsan on Wednesday, which President Moon Jae-in hailed as a significant move in South Korea’s drive to prod local conglomerates to expand facility investment at home. The country’s biggest auto parts maker plans to invest [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong called on the company’s display unit Monday to redouble efforts to tide over its current crisis by developing new technologies. Lee, the de facto head of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, made the call during a visit to Samsung Display Co.’s factory [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major battery makers are striving to secure key materials for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, with demand for cathode metals spiking in line with the EV battery sector’s sharp growth, industry watchers said Monday. According to market tracker SNE Research, 112,000 tons of cathode materials were used in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilders are anticipated to miss their annual order targets in 2019 amid the drawn-out U.S.-China trade dispute and the global economic slowdown, industry watchers said Sunday. The country’s top three shipyards — Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, Samsung Heavy Industries Co. and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top electric vehicle (EV) battery maker, has signed a deal with an affiliate of China’s largest lithium producer to secure a key material used for EV batteries, industry sources said Friday. According to the sources, LG Chem inked the deal to secure lithium hydroxide [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO said Thursday it has completed the construction of a facility in China to produce cathode material, a key component for electric vehicle (EV) batteries. POSCO said its joint venture with Huayou Cobalt, China’s largest cobalt producer, in Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province of China, will begin [...]