POSCO to supply HIC-resistant steel for Aramco’s Fadhili gas plant

POSCO to supply HIC-resistant steel for Aramco’s Fadhili gas plant

POSCO, South Korea’s largest steelmaker, will supply hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC)-resistant steel to Saudi Arabian Oil Co., or Aramco, for ...

POSCO inducted into World Steel Dynamics’ Hall of Fame

POSCO inducted into World Steel Dynamics’ Hall of Fame

South Korea’s POSCO Group has been permanently inducted into the Hall of Fame by the World Steel Dynamics (WSD), a US steel industry research ...

POSCO raises ship steel prices as Korea's tariffs curb supply

POSCO raises ship steel prices as Korea's tariffs curb supply

POSCO Holdings Inc. has raised second-quarter prices of thick plates used in vessels amid concerns over tighter supply after South Korea levied anti...

POSCO to invest in Hyundai Steel’s Louisiana plant

POSCO to invest in Hyundai Steel’s Louisiana plant

South Korea’s top steel maker POSCO has decided to invest in Hyundai Steel Co.'s first overseas plant in Louisiana and collaborate on research...

POSCO eyes investment in Hyundai Steel’s US plant

POSCO eyes investment in Hyundai Steel’s US plant

POSCO, the world’s seventh-largest steelmaker, is seeking to invest in smaller rival Hyundai Steel Co.'s first overseas plant in the US, in ex...

Hyundai Steel to shut down Incheon rebar plant in April

Hyundai Steel to shut down Incheon rebar plant in April

Hyundai Steel Co. is set to shut down its reinforced bar plant in Incheon in April to trim output as steel bar prices are hovering near a four-and-a...

Hyundai Steel sells over 1 mn tons of auto steel to non-captive customers

Hyundai Steel sells over 1 mn tons of auto steel to non-captive customers

Hyundai Steel Co., South Korea’s second-largest steelmaker, sold more than 1 million tons of automotive steel sheets to overseas automakers ot...

South Korea’s steel imports from China at 7-year high

South Korea’s steel imports from China at 7-year high

South Korea’s imports of steel products from China climbed to their highest level in seven years despite a decrease in its total steel imports...

POSCO to sell entire stake in P&O Chemical to OCI

POSCO to sell entire stake in P&O Chemical to OCI

POSCO Future M Co., a battery materials affiliate of South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., will sell its entire stake in P&O Chemical Co...

POSCO gears up for carbon-free steelmaking with hydrogen

POSCO gears up for carbon-free steelmaking with hydrogen

POHANG, North Gyeongsang Province – POSCO, the world’s seventh-largest steelmaker, is set to significantly reduce emissions in the produ...

Affirma Capital seeks to sell entire stake in both SeAH FS, S&G Holdings

Affirma Capital seeks to sell entire stake in both SeAH FS, S&G Holdings

Affirma Capital, a Singapore-based buyout private equity firm, is seeking to sell its entire stake in both South Korean steel tube maker SeAH FS and...

South Korean steelmakers run plants only at night as demand plummets

South Korean steelmakers run plants only at night as demand plummets

South Korea’s major steelmakers are running their plants only at night to cut costs as demand for rebars, or reinforced bars, widely used in t...

S.Korean steelmakers mull building electric furnaces in US

S.Korean steelmakers mull building electric furnaces in US

Steelmakers are considering building steel mills with electric furnaces in the United States to survive the triple whammy of high tariff barriers, l...

Hyundai Steel to resume steel production in Russia

Hyundai Steel to resume steel production in Russia

South Korea’s Hyundai Steel Co. is expected to resume steel production in Russia two years after it took its plant offline in the country amid...

Korea gives the nod for foreign workers at plant construction sites  

Korea gives the nod for foreign workers at plant construction sites  

South Korea is expected to allow foreigners to work at plant construction sites nearly two decades after non-native Koreans were banned from those p...

POSCO chairman nominee to prop up ailing steel business

POSCO chairman nominee to prop up ailing steel business

The chairman nominee of POSCO Holdings Inc., the parent of the world’s No. 7 steelmaker POSCO, is expected to concentrate on improving its cor...

Korean steelmakers to raise prices further

Korean steelmakers to raise prices further

South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO Holdings Inc. and its domestic peers are poised to raise product prices further to cut losses amid surging ...

Korean steelmakers mull anti-dumping suit vs Chinese, Japanese firms

Korean steelmakers mull anti-dumping suit vs Chinese, Japanese firms

Under growing pressure from increased imports of cheap Chinese and Japanese steel products, South Korean steelmakers are considering filing an anti-...

Scrap steel price poised to rebound on lower inventories

Scrap steel price poised to rebound on lower inventories

Scrap steel prices in South Korea are poised to bounce back after hitting an annual low in the last month of 2023 amid declining scrap metal invento...

POSCO Holdings’ Chairman Choi to hand over baton

POSCO Holdings’ Chairman Choi to hand over baton

POSCO Holdings Inc.'s Chairman Choi Jeong-woo is not among the company’s next CEO candidates, suggesting Choi will leave the company after ser...

POSCO named world's most competitive steelmaker

POSCO named world's most competitive steelmaker

South Korea's POSCO was ranked number one as the world’s most competitive steelmakers for 14 straight years by the global steel analytics Worl...

POSCO DX to develop robots for steel mills

POSCO DX to develop robots for steel mills

POSCO DX Co., the IT services subsidiary of South Korean steelmaker POSCO Holdings Inc., will collaborate with Chosun Refractories Co. to develop ...

South Korean steelmakers face longer winter

South Korean steelmakers face longer winter

South Korean steelmakers, including the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker POSCO, are facing a longer-than-expected winter in steel demand as th...

POSCO completes automotive steel plates plant in China

POSCO completes automotive steel plates plant in China

South Korea’s POSCO announced on Thursday it completed the new plant for automotive steel plates in Tangshan, Hebei province, China.As a joi...

Japanese steelmakers flood South Korea on back of weaker yen

Japanese steelmakers flood South Korea on back of weaker yen

Japanese steelmakers are expanding their market shares in South Korea, backed by the yen's drop against the Korean won to the lowest in eight years....

Hyundai Steel to pull out of stainless steel market

Hyundai Steel to pull out of stainless steel market

Hyundai Steel Co. has decided to close its stainless steel-making plant in Incheon, South Korea, pulling out of the market amid a flood of Chinese-m...

POSCO sharply lifts 2030 battery materials sales targets

POSCO sharply lifts 2030 battery materials sales targets

South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. on Tuesday sharply revised up its sales targets for rechargeable battery materials as it is aiming to join t...

POSCO gears up for big stride as green materials firm with Hyper NO

POSCO gears up for big stride as green materials firm with Hyper NO

South Korea’s steel pioneer POSCO under POSCO Holdings Inc. is preparing to take another big stride as an eco-friendly materials provider with...

POSCO to raise steel plant safety with robots

POSCO to raise steel plant safety with robots

POSCO Research Institute, a think tank under South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO Group, on Sunday said it signed an agreement with Withrobot an...

POSCO breaks ground on lithium hydroxide plant in S.Korea

POSCO breaks ground on lithium hydroxide plant in S.Korea

POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of the world’s sixth-largest steel maker,held a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday to mark the commen...

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