Crop Industry News: Korea, South
19 November 2010
USGC Consultants Promote US Advantage in KoreaSOUTH KOREA - The US Grains Council recently sent two consultants to a feed grain trade seminar in Korea to talk about issues relating to US corn supply and demand as well as how to price distiller’s...
06 July 2010
Surplus Rice To Become Animal FeedSOUTH KOREA – Authorities in South Korea will allow rice produced five years ago to be used as feed for livestock in a bid to reduce the country's surplus....
24 June 2010
Wheat Area 'Doubles In 2010'SOUTH KOREA – Estimates for wheat planting in South Korea, Asia's second-biggest importer of grains, have more than doubled this season, exceeding government forecasts....
29 March 2010
Govt Should Reduce Rice SubsidiesSOUTH KOREA – A growing amount of unsold rice in South Korea means that the government needs to reduce subsidies for the crop, a minister said....
30 December 2009
More Biodiesel to be Added to Regular FuelSOUTH KOREA - Korea plans to increase the amount of biodiesel in its regular diesel next year to help cut back on carbon dioxide emissions and reduce dirt released into the atmosphere as a result...
24 August 2009
Company to Increase Biodiesel OutputKOREA, SOUTH - SK Chemicals Co. plans to increase production of biodiesel as it expects the renewable energy sector to grow and competition to increase in its core business of making chemicals,...
24 June 2009
LG Display Focuses on Thin-Film Solar Cell BusinessSOUTH KOREA - LG Display, a leading innovator of thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) technology, is planning to focus its R&D capabilities on a thin-film type solar cell and...
12 June 2009
Acciona Completes Wind Farm in South KoreaSOUTH KOREA - Spanish wind energy company Acciona has completed the grid connection of the 61.5MW Yeong Yang wind farm in South Korea....
23 April 2009
Korea to Plant Seaweed ForestsSOUTH KOREA - The South Korean government is to establish seaweed forests on the east and south coasts over the next 10 years to grow edible seaweed and to produce bio-ethanol....
04 March 2009
SK Chemicals Starts Biodiesel ProductionSEOUL - South Korea's SK Chemicals has started commercial production at its biodiesel plant with an annual production capacity of 120,000 tonnes....
02 February 2009
Hyundai to Build Wind Turbine PlantSOUTH KOREA - Shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries, is to start building wind turbines....
22 January 2009
Biofuels from Marine AlgaeSOUTH KOREA - A group of researchers from the Korean Institute of Industrial Technology has lodged a patent application for a method of producing biofuel from marine algae....
14 January 2009
Darby Invests in Korea's Largest Wind FarmSOUTH KOREA - Darby Overseas Investments, the private equity arm of Franklin Templeton Investments, has acquired a 32.4 per cent stake in Gangwon Wind Power in South Korea, through its subsidiary...
02 January 2009
Korea Sets New Power GoalsSOUTH KOREA - The South Korean government has allocated 18.3 trillion won (about $ 14.2 billion) for an energy efficiency initiative that will run until 2012 and save 34.2 million tonnes of oil...
23 October 2008
Sun-Tracking Solar Plant Comes On LineSOUTH KOREA - The world's largest sun-trailing solar power plant is to come on line on Friday (24 October) in Jido Village, Shinan County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea....
29 September 2008
Solar Power for SamsungSOUTH KOREA - Samsung Everland has started an 18-megawatt solar power station in Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province following a trial run....
24 September 2008
Shipbuilder Turns to Wind PowerSOUTH KOREA - Shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries, is to invest 102 billion won (US$880 million) in a plant that makes wind-power generators....
28 July 2008
Fresh Backing Hoped for Ethanol PlantPAPUA NEW GUINEA - A cassava biofuel project at Launakalana in Papua New Guinea's Central province could attract fresh investment from the giant Korean company, LG International Corporation....
03 June 2008
The Biodiesel and Ethanol Scenario in KoreaSOUTH KOREA - Korea is known to be one of the major importers of oil, besides its other forms of energy, and the government has been nothing but industrious in its endeavor to expand energy supplies....
26 December 2007
Ethanol Demand Driving Up Grain PricesSOUTH KOREA - No morsel of food will likely be spared on the groaning tables of Americans this holiday. ...
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