South Korea's POSCO to build $800m plant for EV steel

Material for motor cores seen in high demand as electrification takes off

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POSCO's new facility will quadruple production capacity for nonoriented electrical steel sheet. (Photo courtesy of the company)

KOTARO HOSOKAWA, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- POSCO broke ground Friday on a 1 trillion won ($800 million) production facility that will quadruple capacity for a key motor material, anticipating rapidly growing demand as the automotive industry goes electric.

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