Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Korea Zinc becomes first to ship antimony to United States: 'A resource supply chain independent from China'

Korea Zinc shipped antimony to the United States in order to strengthen its supply chains with Washington and counter China's stranglehold on the global market.

2025-06-16

Korea Zinc to cancel 1.8 trillion won of own shares

Korea Zinc plans to cancel 2 million shares worth $1.29 billion to enhance stock value, following a buyback.

2025-05-08

Korea Zinc offices raided over probe into new share plan

Prosecutors on Wednesday raided the headquarters and offices of Korea Zinc in a probe of potential unfair practices related to a plan to sell new shares.

2025-04-23

MBK’s rehabilitation move sparks concerns over short-termism in private equity

Homeplus’s crisis is fueling scrutiny of parent company MBK Partners and private equity’s role in corporate failures.

2025-03-07

Korea Zinc offers olive branch as MBK Partners signals war for control to continue

Korea Zinc held out an olive branch to MBK Partners on Friday by offering to accept the equity firm as a "partner" and end their five-month brawl.

2025-01-24

Korea Zinc caps board membership in moves to derail Young Poong takeover

In an extraordinary shareholder meeting on Thursday, Korea Zinc voted to cap its board membership and adopt a "cumulative voting system," both moves that bolster the defense of Chairman Choi Yun-beom.

2025-01-23

Court decision blocks Korea Zinc from implementing board voting system

The Seoul Central District Court approved an injunction filed by the MBK Partners-Young Poong coalition aimed at blocking Korea Zinc from implementing a voting system that could favorably aid Chairman Choi Yun-beom.

2025-01-21

Korea Zinc seeks edge in management war with shareholder voting scheme

Korea Zinc Chairman Choi Yun-beom has pulled an ace from his sleeve in the management battle against MBK Partners-Young Poong coalition with a proposed change to voting for the board of directors.

2024-12-26

Korea Zinc seeks 'core technology' designation in latest attempt to block takeover

Korea Zinc is facing management control issues with major stakeholders, focusing on listing refining technologies as national core technologies to fend off foreign acquisition attempts.

2024-12-10

Korean Red Cross hosts holiday volunteer events

Volunteers from the Korean Red Cross and Korea Zinc delivered briquettes and holiday gift packages to households in need during festive events in northern Seoul and Gyeonggi.

2024-12-03