anodes

Batteries POSCO to invest in Tanzanian mine to cut Chinese graphite imports

POSCO Group, South Korea’s steel and battery material conglomerate, is set to invest in the world's second-largest graphite reserve, in Tanzan...

Batteries Lotte Infracell, Constellium sign anodic film supply contract

South Korea's Lotte Infracell announced on Wednesday that it signed a long-term supply contract for anodic film raw materials with Constellium SE,...

Batteries POSCO Future M to import natural graphite from Africa

South Korea’s only anode materials producer POSCO Future M Co. will import a maximum 60,000 tons of natural graphite products from Balama Grap...

Batteries EV battery makers' silicon anode demand set for take-off

The global market of silicon anode, a lithium-ion battery component garnering attention due to its higher energy capacity and faster charging than g...

Batteries POSCO Future M aims to raise profit 20-fold by 2030

POSCO Future M Co., South Korea’s electric vehicle battery materials maker, aims to raise its profit by about 20 times and sales over tenfold ...

Batteries L&F to jump-start anode business with Mitsubishi Chemical

L&F Co., a major cathode supplier in South Korea, has embarked on a grand plan to take its battery materials business to new heights with the ad...

Batteries Korea’s cathode supplier L&F aims to make it big with anodes: CEO

DAEGU – L&F Co., a former LCD backlight unit maker, has long been a stranger even to locals in Daegu, a provincial city 165 km away from S...

Batteries LG Energy, Novonix join hands for US EV battery material

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest electric vehicle battery maker, has teamed up with Novonix Ltd., an Australian cell ingredi...

Batteries SK On to develop anode materials with Westwater Resources of US

South Korea's electric vehicle (EV) battery maker SK On and the American graphite company Westwater Resources will jointly develop anode materials f...

ESG bonds POSCO Future M to issue $226 mn Korean green bonds

South Korea's battery component maker POSCO Future M Co. (formerly POSCO Chemical) announced on Friday that it will issue 300 billion won ($226 mill...

Batteries Korean battery firms seek benefits from US EV incentive details

South Korea’s battery industry has high hopes for details on requirements for US tax credits on electric vehicles to be announced this week as...

Batteries Korea EV cell materials firms race for silicon anode market

South Korea’s secondary battery ingredient makers are rushing to develop silicon anode materials, next-generation core substances that signifi...

Batteries POSCO Chemical breaks ground on second anode material plant

POSCO Chemical Co., a battery material unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., on Jan. 31 broke ground on its second plant to p...

Batteries SK On, graphite processor Urbix to jointly produce anode materials

South Korea's SK On Co. and US graphite processor Urbix Inc. have signed an agreement to jointly develop high-performance anode materials, Korea's l...

Batteries SK Innovation, SungEel HiTech form discarded battery joint venture

South Korea's SK Innovation Co. is forming a joint venture with SungEel HiTech Co., a company that recycles discarded batteries, to extract metals f...

Batteries LG Energy, POSCO join forces for EV battery business

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and POSCO Holdings Inc. have joined hands to enhance their competitiveness in the global electric vehicle battery sector and...

Batteries POSCO Chem, OCI break ground on EV battery pitch plant

South Korea’s P&O Chemical is set to build the country’s first high-softening-point pitch manufacturing facilities with 15,000 tons ...

Steel POSCO sees battery materials sales double by 2030

South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. expects sales of its rechargeable battery materials to more than double to 41 trillion won ($31 billion) by ...

Korean SMEs Korea contractor for TSMC, Airbus aims to top anodizing sector

South Korea’s YKMC Inc., an integrated contract manufacturer for global companies such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and Ai...

POSCO Chem to expand low-expansion anode materials output

South Korea’s POSCO Chemical Co. plans to fivefold production of low-expansion anode materials, high-value-added ingredients for electric vehi...

Batteries SKC co-invests $80 mn in battery materials maker Nexeon

Chemical materials producer SKC Co. said on Jan. 26 its consortium has completed an $80 million investment in UK battery materials startup Nexeon ...

Batteries SKC to invest $33 mn in British battery materials startup Nexeon

South Korea’s SKC Co. is set to invest $33 million in Nexeon Ltd., a British battery materials maker, for the silicon anode materials business...

Batteries POSCO Chem to supply materials to Morrow Batteries

South Korea’s POSCO Chemical Co. agreed to provide materials to Morrow Batteries, a Norwegian electric vehicle battery maker, in a move to tap...

Batteries SK, POSCO in heated race for next-generation silicon battery materials

South Korea’s two big conglomerates, SK and POSCO, are setting their sights on silicon anode, a next-generation material for lithium-ion batte...

Batteries SKC drops plan for silicon anode JV on investment overlap woes

South Korea’s SKC Co. withdrew a plan to set up a joint venture with British battery materials maker Nexeon Ltd. for the silicon anode mater...

Batteries SKC to form JV with British Nexeon for silicon anode business

South Korea’s SKC Co. plans to set up a joint venture with British battery materials maker Nexeon Ltd. for the silicon anode materials market....

Batteries SK, Group14 Technologies to build $726 mn battery material plant

SK Materials Co., the industrial gas manufacturing affiliate of SK Group, said on Tuesday it is jointly investing 850 billion won ($726 million) wit...

Mergers & Acquisitions POSCO Chem buys stake in Chinese graphite processor

POSCO Chemical Co. has acquired a 13% stake in a Chinese graphite processor as part of the South Korean company's efforts to secure a stable supply ...

Batteries Korea silicon anode materials makers to see quantum leap in demand

The global silicon-based anode materials market is gathering momentum as demand is expected to outpace supply on increasing production of electric v...

Battery materials SK Materials to form a JV with US battery startup Group14 Technologies

SK Materials Co., SK Group’s industrial gas manufacturing arm, will set up a joint venture (JV) with a US battery materials startup Group14 ...