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  • 9 Korean firms join W1,000,000,000,000 profit club

    • May 28, 2017
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    9 Korean firms join W1,000,000,000,000 profit club By Jhoo Dong-chan Nine Korean firms joined the 1 trillion won ($879 million) profit club in the first quarter of this year. They are Samsung Electronics, SK hynix, POSCO, Shinhan Financial Group, Hyundai Motor, LG Display, SK Innovation, Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), and SK C&C. This compares
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  • Hanwha Chemical Q1 net more than triples on higher prices

    • May 22, 2017
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    Hanwha Chemical Q1 net more than triples on higher prices Hanwha Chemical Corp., a major chemicals firm here, said Thursday that its first-quarter earnings more than tripled from a year earlier, largely thanks to a rise in prices of its key products. Net profit reached a record 324 billion won ($287 million) in the January-March
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  • Lotte Chemical to invest W370b in facility expansion

    • May 12, 2017
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    Lotte Chemical to invest W370b in facility expansion Lotte Chemical Corp., a major chemicals firm here, said Wednesday that it plans to spend 370 billion won ($326 million) in expanding facilities in the country, to better meet demand and strengthen its product portfolio. Lotte Chemical decided to expand the output at its domestic plant that
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  • SK Innovation to improve further

    • April 26, 2017
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    SK Innovation to improve further  SK Innovation widely beat market expectations in the first quarter and its earnings will improve further, said Kiwoom Securities on April 26, raising the target price to 240,000 won (US$212.67) from 220,000 won and maintaining a “buy” recommendation. Revenue increase across sectors on the back of oil price hike and
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  • SK Innovation adopts Turkish art for new ads

    • April 19, 2017
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    SK Innovation adopts Turkish art for new ads By Park Jae-hyuk SK Innovation's new advertisements expressed in the traditional Turkish art form of "ebru" have been the talk of the town. Better known as marbling here, ebru creates colorful patterns by sprinkling and brushing pigments onto a pan of oily water and then transferring the
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  • Korean petrochemicals firms accelerating overseas push

    • March 30, 2017
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    Korean petrochemicals firms accelerating overseas push South Korean petrochemicals firms, led by LG Chem Ltd., are seeking to diversify their export destinations and establish more overseas production facilities, in a bid to reduce their dependence on China, industry sources said Wednesday. According to the sources, LG Chem, the country's No. 1 player in the chemicals
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  • LG Chem rushing to reach global top 5

    • March 23, 2017
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    LG Chem rushing to reach global top 5 LG Chem is rushing to join the global top five chemical giants by expanding its investment volume to 2.76 trillion won ($2.44 billion) this year in equipment and facilities, the company said Sunday. This would be a whopping 40 percent growth from a year ago. The invested
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  • Chemical companies to pay record taxes

    • March 5, 2017
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    Refiners, chemical companies to pay record taxes on stellar performance SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's oil refiners and chemical companies are expected to pay a record amount in corporate taxes for their 2016 business performance, as their bottom lines improved sharply, industry sources said Wednesday. Last year, SK Innovation Co. and the country's
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  • LG Chem eyeing global top 5 chemical firm

    • March 1, 2017
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    LG Chem eyeing global top 5 chemical firm LG Chem is seeking to establish itself as one of the top five chemical firms of the world, enhancing its capabilities and bracing for the future business environment. To do so, the nation's leading chemical company plans to invest 2.76 trillion won ($2.43 billion) to boost its
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  • Samsung Bioepis’ biosimilar hits $100 mil. sales in Europe

    • February 27, 2017
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    Samsung Bioepis' biosimilar hits $100 mil. sales in Europe By Yoon Sung-won Samsung Bioepis is accelerating business in Europe on solid sales of its first biosimilar medicine "Benepali," according to the pharmaceutical industry Tuesday. In its recent regulatory filing, U.S. pharmaceutical enterprise Biogen said it posted $100.6 million in sales of Benepali in the European
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