Steel might be a source of inspiration for many of us in the post-COVID-19 world. It gains its strength from a test of fire, quite literally. Just as the pandemic has tested people and industries across the globe, there is hope that humanity’s resilience has been fortified. The analogy also works for the steel market, …
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Gone the way of girdles and bustles are the days when office workers uniformly wore a suit-and-tie or pencil skirts and high heels. Companies have been moving towards business casual for years, and even the most formal sectors such as finance have relaxed their dress codes. American media Vox went as far as to comment that the suit had …
Wherever we look, one-mile wear is winning hearts and minds Read More »
Amid the rise of the electric vehicle (EV) industry, we recently looked at the growth of the markets for materials needed to produce EV batteries. This second article of a two-part series will focus on another important part of the EV battery supply chain – recycling. Recycling EV batteries plays an important role in reducing …
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“Construction” is not simply making a building, but rather it’s about creating the “space” that surrounds us. This is the reason why the construction industry needs experts in a wide variety of fields. The Construction Tech Group of Samsung C&T’s Engineering & Construction (E&C) Group employs professionals in such fields as concrete, environmental friendliness, noise …
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People pass each other, moving in opposite directions on staircases. Their clothes are voluminous and quickly draw the viewer’s attention while the endless stairs make one wonder if they will find their destination. This cinematic film released by global fashion brand Juun.J is almost entirely in black and white, but there are occasional glimpses of …
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2021 is shaping up to be a big year for the electric vehicle (EV) market, with related companies enjoying a boost already as EVs progressively move towards mainstream status. From Norway to South Korea, EVs are becoming an increasingly important part of the public and private transport discussion. The most important factor that distinguishes an EV from a conventional vehicle …
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On a construction worksite, thorough and effective safety protocols make the difference between a safe workplace and an unsafe one. While modern technology can greatly improve the safeness of a site, it’s also important to properly train people and instill a strong culture of doing things safely. In the previous article, we saw how Samsung C&T …
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Korea’s best-known theme park Everland is home to various animals and this includes some unexpected residents – insects! Some of these insects can be seen in the summer and winter each year through the park’s Midsummer Night’s Firefly Experience and the Everland Butterfly Garden. While about 10,000 fireflies light up the eyes and minds of …
Revealing tiny wonderland to visitors: Everland’s insect keeper Kim Sun-jin Read More »
Samsung C&T posted KRW 30.22Tn in revenue and KRW 857Bn in operating profit for FY 2020. This was only a modest drop from the company’s FY 2019 revenue of KRW 30.76Tn and operating profit of KRW 867Bn on the back of continuous efforts to improve competitiveness and achieve profitable growth despite the adverse business environment …
On a building site, countless workers and pieces of equipment are active at once, carrying out multiple construction processes simultaneously, all in real time. To protect the life and limb of all the human workers and to allow the different moving parts to interact with each other in the same physical space smoothly and without …
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