POSCO Company Overview 2020
POSCO Overview
POSCO Vision
POSCO Business
Key Activities
POSCO Affiliates
New Growth - Lithium-ion Battery Material Business
Lithium-ion Battery Material Business
Lithium-ion Battery Material Value Chain
2030
The world's only company
that has completed a value
chain, producing from raw
materials to cathode,
anode materials
POSCO
POSCO Chemical
Global Market Share
Annual Sales(KRW)
Lithium 220,000 t per year,
nickel 100,000 t per year
Cathode materials 400,000 t per year,
Anode materials 260,000 t per year
20%
W
K 23 萬
trillion
2018
2019
2020
2021
Li
Acquired Argentina's salt lake,
Salar del Hombre Muerto
Total content 13.5 million t
- Total value amounting to KRW 35 trilliona
(in March 2021 market prices)
- One of the highest lithium concentration
In the world (921 mg/L)
Constructed Gwangyang Cathode Plant (5,000 t)
Expanded Sejong Natural Graphite
Anode Plant (20,000 t)
Reached the natural graphite production
capacity of 44,000 t
Established POSCO Group Lithium-ion
battery material research center
Joint venture between POSCO RIST POSCO CHEMICAL
Entered into the battery recycling
business
Nickel, lithium, and cobalt extraction contributes
to the environmentally friendly resource cycle
Expanded Gwangyang Cathode Plant (25,000 t)
Started the expansion of Sejong Natural
Graphite Anode Plant (15,000 t) and the
contruction of Pohang Artificial
Graphite Plant (8,000 t)
Ni
Entered into the lithium extraction business
Started the construction of Gwangyang Hardrock
Lithium and Argentina brine Lithium Plant
Secured natural graphite for anode production
Acquired 15% share in Black Rock Mining Ltd,
a mining company owning graphite mines in Tanzania
Secured nickel materials for Cathode production
Acquired 30% share in Ravensthorpe Nickel Operation, Australia
Changes made to SNNC facilities will allow annual
Nickel Sulphate production of 20,000 t per year
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