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Energy
Oil prices to remain high, petrochem a concern: GS Caltex CEO
GS Caltex Corp. Chief Executive Hur Sae-hong said on Monday he expects global oil prices, which remain elevated due to geopolitical tensions, won&rs...
Oct 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO breaks ground on nickel refining plant in Korea
POSCO Group, the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker, broke ground on Friday for a high-purity nickel refining plant in South Korea to meet risin...
Oct 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Higher costs, weaker won put Korean firms’ investments on hold
Rising borrowing costs coupled with the weakening local currency are forcing an increasing number of South Korean companies to withdraw or halt thei...
Sep 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korean refiners foresee dismal H2 on falling margins
Refiners in South Korea are expected to report weak earnings in the third quarter after record profits in the previous three months as margins decli...
Aug 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
S-Oil sees softer Q3 refining margin after record Q2 profit
S-Oil Corp., the South Korean unit of Saudi Arabian Oil Co., on Thursday posted record sales and operating profit for a second consecutive quarter o...
Jul 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Aramco-backed Hyundai Oilbank drops IPO on market downturn
Hyundai Oilbank Co., a South Korean refiner backed by Saudi Aramco, withdrew its plan for an initial public offering as local stock markets tumbled,...
Jul 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea's top refiners likely to see strong 2022 despite tax concerns
South Korea's oil refining margin, a key indicator of refiners' profitability, dropped below $20 over the past month amid global recession fears. Ho...
Jul 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Aramco-backed Hyundai Oilbank wins prelim nod for H2 IPO
South Korea's Hyundai Oilbank Co. on Wednesday won preliminary approval for an initial public offering on the Korea Exchange, which may provide its ...
Jun 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Shares in oil refiners hit by windfall tax concerns
Two listed oil refining companies in South Korea saw a combined 1.6 trillion won ($1.2 billion) wiped off their market cap on Wednesday, after the m...
Jun 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S-Oil shuts processing units after one killed, nine injured in blast
ULSAN, South Korea -- S-Oil Corp., Saudi Aramco’s refining unit in South Korea, has shut some of its production facilities in a move that will...
May 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Oilbank steps up eco-friendly white bio business
Hyundai Oilbank Co., a South Korean petroleum and refinery company, is slated to tap into the white biotechnology market. The company has selected w...
May 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Baring PEA to refinance two Korean lenders to recoup investment
Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Asia is planning to raise a total of 674 billion won ($532 million) in loans for South Korea's Acuon Capital a...
May 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Innovation logs record profit in Q1 on strong refining biz
SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top refiner, enjoyed the record quarterly earnings on strong crude prices and margins, joining the list of do...
Apr 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
S-Oil logs record earnings in Q1 on high crude, margins
S-Oil Corp., Saudi Aramco’s refining unit in South Korea, enjoyed record earnings in the first quarter on healthy crude prices and refining ma...
Apr 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affinity Equity to refinance Serveone to recoup investment
Affinity Equity Partners is in the process of raising 700 billion won ($565 million) to recapitalize South Korea's Serveone Co. in an attempt to rec...
Apr 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Korean refiners: Lubricating the future of electric vehicles
With the rise of electric vehicles globally, South Korea’s major oil refiners are jockeying to become leading suppliers of lubricants and cool...
Apr 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, Kia refine profile with accolades, higher global rankings
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., the two automaking units of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, have worked for decades to refine their profil...
Mar 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
ESG fever puts Korean oil refiners in quandary over facility upgrades
South Korea’s four major oil refiners have for decades been at the forefront of the industry push to upgrade facilities, a combined multi-bill...
Jan 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyundai Oilbank applies for first-half IPO in 2022
Hyundai Oilbank Co., part of South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co., on Monday submitted an application for an initial public offering,...
Dec 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hyundai Oilbank attracts $20 million from Palantir ahead of IPO
South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. has attracted $20 million in investment from US data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc. ahead of its...
Dec 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyundai Oilbank to start IPO process this month
South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. plans to begin the process for a stock market listing in the first half of 2022 as early as this month with...
Dec 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate rebranding
Korean oil refiners keen to change company names
Hyundai Oilbank Co. and S-Oil Corp. are discussing changing their names to join other South Korean oil refiners, which recently underwent corporate ...
Nov 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea’s major refiners bid for top local biodiesel material maker
SK Innovation Co., S-Oil Corp. and Hyundai Oilbank were among the preliminary bidders for South Korea’s top biodiesel material maker DK O&...
Oct 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korean refiners ramp up runs to pre-COVID-19 level
South Korean refiners ramped up runs of their crude distillation units (CDUs) to a level before the outbreak of the COVID-19, probably exceeding 80%...
Oct 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
SK becomes first Korean oil producer from plastic waste
SK Group has become South Korea's first company to extract oil from plastic waste and use the eco-friendly oil as a feedstock of oil refining and pe...
Oct 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea refiners' recovery accelerates on strong margins
South Korean refiners are gathering recovery momentum as refining margins hit a two-year high on falling petroleum product supply from China and r...
Sep 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korean refiners log $3.4 bn profit on non-refining business
South Korean refiners enjoyed a $3.4 billion profit in the first half thanks to strong performance of non-refining business, swinging from a $4.5 bi...
Aug 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO to build $200 mn nickel refining plant to ramp up battery materials
POSCO, the world’s fifth-largest steelmaker by output, said on Wednesday it is spending 230 billion won ($200 million) to build a nickel sulfa...
Jul 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korean oil companies to bask in rising refining margins, growing demand
Oil refiners in South Korea and across Asia have been among those hit hardest by the subdued demand amid the global pandemic. With increasing vaccin...
May 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Lubricants draws Japan's refiner Enoes, three PEFs
Japan's biggest refiner Enoes Corp. is one of the four final bidders for a minority stake in South Korea's SK Lubricants Co., wholly owned by SK Inn...
Mar 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)