Petrochemicals
Petrochemicals
HS Hyosung Advanced Materials seeks to sell tire steel cord business
Jan 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Lotte Chemical’s JV to boost specialty chemicals output
Lotte Chemical Corp.'s joint venture with Japan’s Tokuyama Corp. will ramp up specialty chemicals production to accelerate its shift from the b...
Dec 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Korea to ease rules for petrochem industry M&As, plant closures
South Korea will ease regulations and offer incentives to facilitate the restructuring of domestic petrochemical makers battling a global supply glut...
Dec 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
HD Hyundai Oilbank ventures into bioenergy sector as new growth driver
HD Hyundai Oilbank Co., a South Korean crude oil refiner backed by Saudi Aramco, is diversifying its business beyond fossil fuel-centered operations ...
Nov 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
HD Hyundai Oilbank to fully own HD Hyundai Cosmo for $104 mn
Saudi Aramco-backed HD Hyundai Oilbank Co. will acquire a 50% stake in money-losing HD Hyundai Cosmo Petrochemical Co. from Japanese chemical giant C...
Oct 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Sambark LFT rebranded as Lotte Engineering Plastics
Sambark LFT Co., a plastic materials producing unit of Lotte Chemical Corp., has changed its name to Lotte Engineering Plastics Co., the company said...
Sep 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Hyosung, Kolon’s tire cord plants running near 100% on insatiable demand
The business outlook is bright for Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp. and Kolon Industries Inc., the world’s top two tire cord producers based in...
Aug 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
HD Hyundai Oilbank exports bio marine fuel blends
The Korea Customs Service announced on July 29 that domestic petroleum products were exported after being blended in a bonded zone for the first time...
Jul 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
S-Oil halts fire-hit paraxylene plant, faces revenue loss
ULSAN, South Korea -- It looks inevitable that S-Oil Corp., the South Korean unit of Saudi Arabian Oil Co., will take a substantial revenue hit from ...
Jul 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
S.Korea's refining industry sees record export of 245.3 mn barrels
South Korea's four major oil refiners—SK Energy, GS Caltex, S-Oil Corp., and HD Hyundai Oilbank—achieved a record high in petroleum prod...
Jul 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem promises extra $14.4 million in aid over Indian gas leak
South Korea’s top chemicals maker LG Chem Ltd. said on Wednesday it will offer an additional 1.2 billion Indian rupees ($14.4 million) in human...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Lotte to halve basic chemicals in portfolio for profitability
South Korea’s No. 2 petrochemicals manufacturer Lotte Chemical Corp. is set to more than halve its basic chemicals business by 2030 in its port...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Lotte Chemical's rating outlook cut on worsening financials
South Korea’s No. 2 petrochemicals maker Lotte Chemical Corp. has taken a hit from a lowered credit-rating outlook of the company and its major...
Jun 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Kukdong Oil to build hydrogen gas plant in Ulsan
South Korea's Kukdong Oil & Chemicals Co. announced on Wednesday that it will construct the nation's largest hydrogen gas production facility in...
Jun 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
HD Hyundai Oilbank to export SAF to Japan
HD Hyundai Oilbank Co., South Korea’s refiner backed by Saudi Aramco, said on Sunday that it will export sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Jap...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
HD Hyundai Oilbank to supply ultra-low sulfur diesel to Guam
HD Hyundai Oilbank Co., South Korea’s refiner backed by Saudi Aramco, announced on Wednesday that it secured a contract to supply 7.2 million b...
May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
S-Oil gets int’l certification for SAF
S-Oil Corp., the South Korean unit of Saudi Arabian Oil Co., announced on Thursday that it has achieved the International Sustainability and Carbon C...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
LG Chem to close base chemical styrene monomer business
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea's No. 1 petrochemical company, will shut down its styrene monomer (SM) production line this month and is mulling closing an...
Mar 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem, CJ CheilJedang to launch eco-friendly bio-nylon joint venture
South Korea’s top chemicals maker LG Chem Ltd. and food and biotechnology firm CJ CheilJedang Corp. have agreed to launch an eco-friendly bio-n...
Feb 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Kumho Petrochem's Hugreen secures highest HB mark grade
South Korea's Kumho Petrochemical Co. announced on Thursday that its phenolic foam board (PF board) insulation material under the construction materi...
Feb 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Kolon Industries to downsize industrial film business amid weak demand
Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturer, is downsizing its industrial film business amid weak demand and growing comp...
Dec 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
DL E&C, KBR to co-work for SAF project
South Korea’s DL E&C Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a feasibility study contract with Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) Inc., the U...
Dec 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Kumho Petrochemical accelerates CCUS push with CO2 capture plant
Kumho Petrochemical Co., South Korean petrochemical major, is accelerating its inroads into the carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) market...
Dec 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
HD Hyundai Oilbank to supply petroleum products to Sunoco
South Korea's HD Hyundai Oilbank said on Tuesday it has extended a contract with US fuel distributor Sunoco LP to supply petroleum products next year...
Nov 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Saudi Aramco’s $7 bn Korea project mired by labor shortage
Saudi Aramco’s $7 billion petrochemical project in South Korea, in what would be its largest-ever investment in the country, has hit a stumblin...
Nov 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Lotte Chemical sells JV stakes in China, eyes other profitable markets
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has sold its entire stakes in joint ventures with Chinese partners as the Korean company faces a supply glut...
Oct 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
LG Chem to sell polarizer businesses to Chinese peers for $800 mn
LG Chem Ltd., the parent of South Korea’s No. 1 battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., will unload its polarizer businesses to two Chinese play...
Sep 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Samsung Eng. wins $19.5 mn Saudi petrochemical plant design contract
South Korea's Samsung Engineering has secured a front end engineering design (FEED) project for a PDH·PP·UTOS Plant in Saudi Arabia, ma...
Sep 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
HD Hyundai Oilbank changing into eco-friendly energy entity
South Korea's HD Hyundai Oilbank is transforming from a petroleum and oil refinery company into an eco-friendly energy entity through diversification...
Sep 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
LG Chem, Eni eye JV to build biofuel plant in Korea
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. and Italy's energy giant Eni Sustainable Mobility (SM) have tentatively agreed to build a hydrotreated vegetable oil...
Sep 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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