POSCO Future M
South Korean company
POSCO Future M Co., Ltd. (Korean: 주식회사 포스코퓨처엠), is a South Korean battery material & chemical company that produces cathode and anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, refractories and basic industrial materials.
They changed the company name from POSCO Chemical to POSCO FUTURE M in March 2023.
Businesses
Battery materials
POSCO Future M produces cathode active materials and anodes for EV batteries. It is showing rapid growth by receiving a total of approximately 100 trillion won in cathode material orders from major domestic battery companies (LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI, etc.) in 2023. As of 2023, it has a production capacity of 155,000 tons. The company has set a goal of producing 1 million tons of cathode materials by 2030 and is aggressively expanding its plants. They also plan to increase production of precursors and cathode materials from 45,000 tons and 82,000 tons, respectively, in 2023 to 460,000 tons and 370,000 tons in 2030.
Industrial and chemical materials
POSCO Future M produces and supplies refractories and quicklime, which are basic industrial materials. In addition to this, they also produce advanced chemical materials such as carbon materials and hydrogen peroxide.
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