SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO Engineering & Construction Co., the construction arm of South Korea’s leading steelmaker, POSCO, said Tuesday it has developed an eco-friendly concrete mold made with plastic scraps and slag. The mold was created jointly with Iomtek, a POSCO E&C subsidiary, and comes in the shape of a board that [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Engineering Co. and five other South Korean companies have teamed up with Malaysia’s state energy company Petroliam Nasional Berhad to work on a project to capture, transport and store carbon dioxide, an emerging technology for emissions reduction. Under a memorandum of understanding signed in a virtual meeting in [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean builder SK ecoplant Co. plans to develop a technology to directly produce hydrogen from organic waste resources under an industry, academia and research institute collaboration system. The company said Wednesday it will jointly carry out the state project “Future Hydrogen Original Technology Development” launched by the National [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean builder SK ecoplant Co. said Thursday it was launching a drive to recycle waste incineration ash as a construction material. The company joined hands with CMD Group, a specialist in the manufacturing of eco-friendly construction materials, to promote technological cooperation and to produce block aggregates made of [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — An innovative oil scoop net designed to assist in the cleanup of oil spills at sea has been developed based on the insect-catching mechanism of a carnivorous plant. A joint research team from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology and Korea University said Wednesday it had developed an [...]
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 [...]