South Korean steel giant Posco Group said Friday that it held a ground-breaking ceremony for its new plants dedicated to nickel and precursor production, as part of efforts to secure a stable supply chain for secondary battery materials. For this project, Posco partnered with CNGR, a Chinese company renowned for its global leadership in precursor production. In January, Posco Holdings and CNGR established Posco CNGR .
Roughly four tons of diesel fuel from this Marine Corps base 180 miles southeast of Seoul leaked into a nearby stream last week, according to Pohang city officials and an environmental group.
Posco Group announced Monday that it will invest 121 trillion won ($93 billion) by 2030 to step up as a global leader in eco-friendly materials. The new investment plan was announced during a ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of Posco’s first steel mill set up in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, in 1973. “With the investment, (the group) will secure future technologies, stay ahead in the growing.
Lawmakers of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) raised questions at Tuesday s National Assembly audit on whether POSCO had taken proper countermeasures last month against Typhoon Hinnamnor, which flooded the steelmaker s main plant in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province.