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Posco

Steel firm Posco ramps up battery business with ‘new Korea cathode plant’

Steel firm Posco ramps up battery business with ‘new Korea cathode plant’

South Korean steelmaker Posco is reportedly to build a $100 million lithium-ion cathode plant in the country next year as it expands its presence in the global batteries and raw materials market.

Posco’s new facility in Gwangyang, 423 kilometres southwest of Seoul, will have an annual production capacity of 6,000 tons, the company told South Korea’s Yonhap news agency.

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Samsung SDI invests in Chile cathode project

Eduardo Bitran

South Korean battery maker Samsung SDI is part of an international consortium cleared to invest in developing battery materials facilities in Chile.

Samsung is among companies from South Korea and China expected to invest a total $754 million in the project, the Chilean Economic Development Agency (Corfo) confirmed.

Sichuan Fulin Industrial Group

South Korea-China deal to ease battery tension?

South Korea-China deal to ease battery tension?

Chinese and South Korean businesses have formed two new joint ventures to produce lithium-ion battery materials from bases in China.

The move follows months of claims and counter claims over China’s alleged “blocking” of South Korean batteries in a heated trade spat.

Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt

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Posco to open up lithium plant in Argentina

Posco plant in Chile

South Korean Posco is to build a lithium carbonate plant at the Cauchari salt lake in Argentina and to install its lithium extraction technology.

The lithium plant is set to start operations in December this year. The facility is aimed to have an annual production capacity of 200 tonnes.

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