SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO Chemical Co., a South Korean producer of advanced materials, said Wednesday the construction began for a domestic plant to produce a key coating material used in secondary batteries under a joint venture with chemical company OCI Co. The factory, to be located in the central region of South [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. expanded its market share of the global semiconductor industry in the second quarter, maintaining its top spot, a research showed Monday. Samsung’s chip revenue for the April-June period came in at a record quarterly high of US$20.3 billion on the back of solid server demand, taking [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., South Korea’s leading builder, said Sunday it has received a 1.9 trillion-won (US$1.4 billion) railway order in the Philippines. Hyundai E&C will build a 56-kilometer railway connecting the capital city of Manila to the southern city of Calamba in the next six years, the [...]
GWANGMYEONG, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — IKEA Korea said Wednesday its sales fell 10 percent in this fiscal year in the first decline after entering South Korea in 2014 as more customers held back spending on home furnishing goods amid eased virus restrictions. The South Korean arm of the Swedish furniture maker said it logged [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — An urban air mobility (UAM) consortium led by SK Telecom Co. and Hanwha Systems Co. said Wednesday it has partnered with the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province to launch an air taxi pilot program on South Korea’s southern resort island. The K-UAM Dream Team Consortium, comprising the two companies and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaking group, and telecom giant KT Corp. will strengthen their partnership in future mobility solutions business through share-swap deals amid growing demand for electric and autonomous vehicles, the two companies said Wednesday. Under the share swap deals, KT will exchange its own 7.7 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Energy Corp., a South Korean power generation solutions provider, said Wednesday it is building an electricity grid stability plant in Ireland in a move that will give a further boost to its renewable energy and power systems portfolio. The 170 billion-won (US$122.5 million) project commits Hanwha to provide [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean builder SK ecoplant Co. said Tuesday it will take part in large-scale offshore wind power projects in the country in collaboration with a duo of global energy firms. The company on Monday signed a business agreement with British offshore wind developer Corio Generation and French energy and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s financial holding firms saw their combined net profit jump 7.9 percent in the first half this year primarily due to higher interest income, data showed Tuesday. The combined net profit of KB Financial, Shinhan Financial and eight other financial holding firms stood at 12.41 trillion won (US$9.08 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean energy-to-telecom conglomerate SK Group said Monday it is partnering with a Malaysian clean energy company to explore collaboration in hydrogen, renewable energy and green mobility, as part of efforts to bolster its green energy transition. Its three affiliates — SK Materials Inc., SK Ecoplant Co. and SK [...]