SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES), South Korea’s top car battery maker, said Thursday it has signed a long-term cathode supply deal with a Chinese company to expand its lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery business. The deal calls for the Changzhou Liyuan New Energy Technology Co. to supply LGES with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of cathode materials have experienced significant growth, primarily driven by the rapid expansion of the secondary battery industry, especially in the electric vehicle sector. However, a substantial portion of the earnings from South Korea’s cathode material exports are flowing back to China, which supplies crucial ingredient [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s export of cathodes, a key secondary battery material, to the United States surged almost threefold in the first seven months from a year earlier, on growing demand for electric vehicle (EV) cells and the new U.S. law on promoting green technologies, data showed Monday. Outbound shipments of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO Chemical Co., a major South Korean producer of secondary battery materials, said Thursday it has obtained government approval for the export of its technologies related to producing cathodes, a key component used in electric vehicle (EV) cells. The decision was made earlier this month by the private-public committee [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd. said Wednesday it has clinched a long-term supply agreement with General Motors Co. to provide the U.S. carmaker with key materials for electric vehicle (EV) battery cells. LG Chem, the country’s leading chemical firm, will supply more than 950,000 tons of cathode materials under the eight-year [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean battery maker SK On Co. said Friday it has partnered with Ford Motor Co. and a domestic cathode firm to jointly invest in a cathode materials production facility in the United States. SK On said it it has recently signed a letter of intent with Ford and [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chemical maker POSCO Chemical Co. said Tuesday it will build a joint cathode venture with U.S. auto giant General Motors Co. in Canada to supply the key material to the U.S. automaker’s electric vehicles. The US$400 million cathode materials JV in Quebec, Canada, will supply the materials [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chemical maker POSCO Chemical Co. said Thursday it has agreed with U.S. auto giant General Motors Co. to set up a joint venture for a key component for electric vehicle (EV) batteries and build a plant in North America. The cathode materials JV will begin production of [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Innovation Co., a South Korean refinery-to-battery maker, has agreed to form a joint venture with Chinese companies to produce cathode, a key material for electric vehicle batteries, in China, industry officials said Tuesday. Chinese battery maker EVE Energy’s board of directors has approved the joint venture with SK [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO Chemical Co., an affiliate of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Group, said Tuesday it will invest 275.8 billion won (US$248 million) to expand its production capacity of cathodes, a key component for electric vehicle (EV) batteries. POSCO Chemical said the plant in the southern city of Gwangyang will [...]