Trading & Investment

It’s been an incredible last few months for electric vehicles (EVs), as global sales more than doubled from 2020 to reach 4.5 million last year – all the more impressive considering general car sales have been so subdued during the COVID-19 pandemic. Naturally, EVs are gaining popularity as the world tries to lower carbon emissions by moving […]

Among all the numbers we met in 2021, one of the most serious for the world was the price of food. The UN’s benchmark food and commodity prices index shows that we saw a 28.1% jump from 2020 – a 10-year high. Normally prices would stabilize as production rises to meet demand, but high input costs, the […]

In all walks of life, appreciation is one of the most highly treasured gestures from one person to another. In the world of business, it can become both an important motivator and create a sense of belonging within a team. The power of appreciation has been particularly valuable among thousands of Samsung C&T Trading & […]

It’s been a rollercoaster ride for international crude oil prices during the COVID-19 pandemic. When you look at a graph of the last five years, you can see that they plummeted in early 2020 at the same time as the pandemic struck. To further illustrate the point, consider that back in October the price of […]

The message from the world’s biggest auto shows this year has been clear – the world’s largest automakers are placing a huge priority on electric vehicles (EVs). For instance, almost all of the top cars touted at IAA Mobility 2021 were EVs. In fact, Europe’s Car of the Year 2022 will probably be electric, and we’re talking approachable […]

Winter is coming, at least for the Northern Hemisphere, and with the cold weather months come concerns about natural gas. Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices have been on a rollercoaster this year – for instance, Asia LNG spot prices jumped 40 percent last month to reach a record high of over $56 per million British thermal […]

With the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) has wrapped up in the U.K., world leaders have been outlined their climate goals. One of the main shared targets is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and to keep the global average temperature increase within 1.5 Celsius. Amid the general drive to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, companies like […]

An energy crisis has now spread across the world, threatening the basic electricity systems of even the wealthiest nations. One of the most obvious indicators of the crisis is natural gas, which has been trading up more than 130 percent in Europe since the beginning of September and over eight times higher than the same period […]

With the world seeking to embrace hydrogen as a clean energy solution, interest in hydrogen fuel – and therefore fuel cells in particular – is gathering pace. Fuel cell technology plays a key role in the utilization stage of the hydrogen economy, which is divided into production, storage, transfer, and utilization stages. Fuel cells can be […]

Samsung C&T’s interest in clean hydrogen and energy further expanded this month as the company signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with fellow South Korean Fortune Global 500 company S-OIL on Sept. 17. Aimed at jointly developing a project to produce clean hydrogen and carbon-free ammonia abroad, the MOU with S-OIL builds on Samsung C&T’s interest in hydrogen […]