Umicore Zinc Chemicals

South Korea's home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Nation...

A consortium led by North Asia-focused buyout firm MBK Partners edged closer to winning the battle for control of Korea Zinc Inc. against the s...

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has put the brakes on Korea Zinc Inc.'s 2.5 trillion won ($1.8 billion) rights issue aimed a...

MBK Partners’ takeover bid for Korea Zinc Inc. aims to improve corporate governance and shareholder value at the world’s largest lead an...

Korea Zinc Inc. will raise 2.5 trillion won ($1.8 billion) in rights issues in December following its share buybacks and allocate 20% of them to its...

Korea Zinc Inc.'s face-off with an MBK Partners-led consortium over control of the world’s largest zinc smelter looks set to escalate into a l...

North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd.’s attempt to take control of Korea Zinc Inc. and the country’s plan to require ...

South Korea’s No. 2 petrochemical manufacturer Lotte Chemical Corp. plans to liquidate its rubber joint venture in Malaysia to scale back its ...

Shares in Korea Zinc Inc. soared on Thursday, a day after completing its buybacks, driven by institutional investors covering shorts on the stock an...

Korea Zinc Inc. succeeded in taking control of Young Poong Precision Corp., a key player in the management battle against North Asia-focused private...

North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd. has secured a large enough stake in Korea Zinc Inc. through a tender offer to take control ...

South Korea's Lotte Hotels & Resorts said on Friday that it will collaborate with Lotte Chilsung Beverage and Lotte Chemical Corp. to establish ...

Korea Zinc Inc. said on Friday it will buy back more shares at a higher price than originally planned to counter North Asia-focused private equity f...

MBK Partners will not raise its tender offer prices again for Korea Zinc Inc. and its affiliate Young Poong Precision Corp. after hiking them twice ...

Lotte Fine Chemical Co., a subsidiary of South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp., said on Monday that it signed a global distribution agreement with the ...

A consortium of MBK Partners-Young Poong Corp. on Friday raised its tender offer price for Korea Zinc Inc. again and removed the lower limit of its ...

The face-off between Korea Zinc Inc. and MBK Partners for control of the world's No. 1 lead and zinc smelter shows no sign of abating as the private...

Korea Zinc Inc. said on Wednesday it will buy back shares for 3.1 trillion won ($2.4 billion) with the backing of Bain Capital to counter MBK Partne...

LG Chem Ltd. has developed a material that can prevent thermal runaway in a lithium-ion battery, one of the major hurdles to the expansion of the el...

North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd. has raised its bid price to take control of Korea Zinc Inc. by 13.6%, increasing the cost f...

Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s top zinc and lead smelter, is set to sell 400 billion won ($300.9 million) in commercial papers, its first fundra...

South Korea’s Hanwha Group and LG Group are likely to help Korea Zinc Inc. fight against a takeover by MBK Partners Ltd. as the private equity...

Korea Zinc Inc. Chair Choi Yun-birm has joined hands with a major local securities firm in a counterattack against MBK Partners Ltd. and the company...

MBK Partners Ltd. does not plan to sell Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s largest zinc and lead smelter, to China if MBK's takeover bid of up to 2 ...

MBK Partners Ltd., the North Asia-focused private equity firm, is set to take over Korea Zinc Inc. through an up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) ho...

Samyang Corp., a 100-year-old South Korean chemical and food ingredient-manufacturer, is poised to cement its leadership in the Korean allulose mark...

OCI Co. has won a contract from SK Hynix Inc. to supply it high-purity phosphoric acid, becoming the country’s first to provide the core chip-...

SGC Engineering & Construction (E&C), a company specializing in engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), said on Wednesday that it s...

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...

Lotte Fine Chemical Co., a subsidiary of South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp., said on Friday that it signed a Clean Ammonia Value Chain Agreement (JC...