POSCO Future M breaks with China in cathode supply chain

POSCO Future M breaks with China in cathode supply chain

GWANGYANG, SOUTH JEOLLA – POSCO Future M Co., South Korea’s leading battery materials maker, has secured itself a China-free cathode mat...

LG Chem unveils precursor-free cathode material for batteries

LG Chem unveils precursor-free cathode material for batteries

LG Chem Ltd. is set to become the first South Korean company to mass-produce precursor-free cathode materials, designed for high- and mid-nickel bat...

LG Chem signs deal to secure 100,000 tons of lithium from ExxonMobil

LG Chem signs deal to secure 100,000 tons of lithium from ExxonMobil

South Korea’s top chemicals maker LG Chem Ltd. said on Thursday it has signed an initial agreement to secure a key battery material from US mu...

L&F to supply ultra-high nickel cathodes to Korean, US EV makers

L&F to supply ultra-high nickel cathodes to Korean, US EV makers

South Korea’s leading battery materials maker L&F Co. plans to begin mass production of nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) battery cathodes wit...

Hyundai Motor Group to develop tech to cut Chinese precursor imports

Hyundai Motor Group to develop tech to cut Chinese precursor imports

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest carmaker, has started developing electric vehicle battery technology to cut costs and reduce th...

LG Chem to provide cathode materials to Japan's PPES

LG Chem to provide cathode materials to Japan's PPES

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. said on Sunday it will begin supplying cathode materials to Prime Planet Energy & Solutions (PPES), a battery joint v...

Hyundai Steel set to supply iron powder to Korean LFP cathode makers

Hyundai Steel set to supply iron powder to Korean LFP cathode makers

Hyundai Steel Co., a unit of South Korean automotive group Hyundai Motor Co., is set to enter the battery materials business by supplying iron powde...

EcoPro, China’s GEM to build cathode complex in Indonesia

EcoPro, China’s GEM to build cathode complex in Indonesia

South Korea’s leading electric vehicle cell materials producer EcoPro Group joined hands with the world’s second-largest precursor manuf...

EcoPro BM, GEM cement partnership for nickel, precursors

EcoPro BM, GEM cement partnership for nickel, precursors

EcoPro BM Co., a South Korean cathode materials producer, said on Tuesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with GEM, a Chinese batt...

EcoPro BM may cut battery materials capacity on EV slowdown

EcoPro BM may cut battery materials capacity on EV slowdown

South Korea’s leading battery materials maker EcoPro BM Co. is considering reducing cathode output capacity despite continuous investments in ...

EcoPro BM in talks to produce sodium-ion battery cathodes

EcoPro BM in talks to produce sodium-ion battery cathodes

MUNICH, Germany – EcoPro BM Co., a South Korean cathode material producer, is in close discussion with a domestic carmaker to produce cathode ...

POSCO-Pilbara JV delivers 1st order of lithium hydroxide

POSCO-Pilbara JV delivers 1st order of lithium hydroxide

South Korea’s top steel group POSCO has shipped lithium hydroxide, a rechargeable battery’s key raw material produced jointly with Austr...

Tesla supplier L&F wins $6.8 bn cell materials deal in Europe

Tesla supplier L&F wins $6.8 bn cell materials deal in Europe

L&F Co., a South Korean electric vehicle battery materials supplier to Tesla Inc., has won a $6.8 billion contract to sell cathodes to a major c...

L&F signs $9.7 bn cathode supply contract with SK On

L&F signs $9.7 bn cathode supply contract with SK On

South Korea's cathode supplier L&F Co. announced that it signed a contract with the rechargeable battery maker SK On for an electric vehicle (...

POSCO to build world's largest battery cathode plant cluster

POSCO to build world's largest battery cathode plant cluster

GWANGYANG, South Jeolla Province  -- POSCO Future M Co., a battery materials supplier, on Thursday broke ground on its fifth cathode materials ...

LG Energy expedites LFP battery supply chain expansion

LG Energy expedites LFP battery supply chain expansion

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, has secured enough lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode ma...

EcoPro hits first 100,000 tons export in high-nickel cathode material

EcoPro hits first 100,000 tons export in high-nickel cathode material

South Korean battery materials manufacturer EcoPro Co. announced on Monday that it achieved a significant milestone last year by exporting over 100,...

LG Chem breaks ground on its 1st US cathode plant

LG Chem breaks ground on its 1st US cathode plant

CLARKSVILLE, TN – South Korea’s No. 1 chemical maker LG Chem Ltd. striving to become a leading global battery materials player broke gro...

EcoPro BM hits $34 billion jackpot to supply cathodes to Samsung SDI

EcoPro BM hits $34 billion jackpot to supply cathodes to Samsung SDI

EcoPro BM Co. has signed a 44 trillion won ($34 billion) to supply cathodes to Samsung SDI Co. for five years, deepening their alliance and betting ...

L&F to invest $1.9 bn to build key battery materials plants

L&F to invest $1.9 bn to build key battery materials plants

DAEGU, South Korea – L&F Co., South Korea’s major cathode supplier seeking to transform into a comprehensive battery materials produ...

P&O Chemicals completes pitch plant for cathode materials

P&O Chemicals completes pitch plant for cathode materials

South Korea's P&O Chemical, a joint venture of POSCO Future M Co. and OCI Holdings Co. completed the pitch plant in Tancheon Industrial Complex,...

POSCO Future M sees cathode material prices falling 12% in Q4

POSCO Future M sees cathode material prices falling 12% in Q4

South Korean electric vehicle battery materials maker POSCO Future M Co. predicts that cathode material prices in the fourth quarter will drop as mu...

Tesla supplier L&F to ink $15 bn materials deal in Europe

Tesla supplier L&F to ink $15 bn materials deal in Europe

L&F Co., a South Korean electric vehicle battery materials supplier to Tesla Inc., is set to sell products in Europe through an estimated $15 bi...

LG Chem to supply cathode materials to Toyota's N.American plant

LG Chem to supply cathode materials to Toyota's N.American plant

LG Chem Ltd. will supply cathode materials to Toyota Motor's North American battery plant, with the South Korean company concluding its second long-...

LG Chem, Huayou to build LFP cathode plant in Morocco

LG Chem, Huayou to build LFP cathode plant in Morocco

South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. said on Sunday it will build a lithium phosphate iron (LFP) cathode materials plant in Morocco in partnership with ...

China, beneficiary of Korea’s surging EV cell material exports

China, beneficiary of Korea’s surging EV cell material exports

South Korea’s exports of cathodes for secondary batteries are surging with the booming electric vehicle industry, but the country’s trad...

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

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 ...

POSCO Future M to produce nickel for cathodes in the Philippines

POSCO Future M to produce nickel for cathodes in the Philippines

South Korean battery materials maker POSCO Future M Co. is set to produce nickel in the Philippines to boost its cathodes supplies and improve profi...

EcoPro BM, SK On, Ford to invest $886 mn to build cathode plant in Canada

 EcoPro BM, SK On, Ford to invest $886 mn to build cathode plant in Canada

EcoPro BM Co., South Korea’s leading battery material producer, will invest $886 million jointly with SK On Co. and Ford Motor Co. to build a ...

LG developing technology to produce cathode without precursors

LG developing technology to produce cathode without precursors

LG Chem Ltd. has embarked on a new technology development to produce cathodes without precursors in a bid to slash battery manufacturing costs and m...

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