Trading & Investment

Efforts to improve Mongolian medical services bear fruit after three years
July 26, 2019
A ceremony was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on July 5 to celebrate the completion of the second hospital building of the National Medical Center of Mongolia. Samsung C&T Trading Group completed this building project after receiving it from the Ministry of Health of Mongolia. President Khaltmaagiin Battulga of Mongolia attended the ceremony held ahead of […]

Passion & Expertise: Staying in the moment
July 9, 2019
Now in her 14th year with Samsung C&T, Jamie Shin is making tremendous strides with the company’s Trading & Investment Group. As a Senior Professional, Shin’s passion and expertise are inspiring her colleagues, but she just takes it one day at a time. “It’s not like I set a specific period to work when I […]

Samsung C&T palm plantation recognized as sustainable
June 28, 2019
There was good news recently for Samsung C&T Trading & Investment Group’s palm plantation in Indonesia, which received an eco-friendly stamp of approval when it was certified by the international Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in May. This is the first time that a Korean company operating an Indonesian palm plantation has been awarded […]

Secrets of a polyglot’s success in business
May 14, 2019
Eldor Makhmudov speaks five languages, travels for much of the year, and appears to have a knack for turning “a crisis into an opportunity.” Originally from Uzbekistan, he is also a family man who has made South Korea his home since earning a government scholarship in 2008. He joined Samsung C&T in 2012 as a […]

Electric vehicle growth accelerates demand for copper
April 25, 2019
When this spring’s Seoul Motor Show rolled into town, there was a distinctly electric feel to the affair. The biennial exhibition’s central aisle was dominated by electric vehicles (EVs): two-seaters, family sedans, sports cars, motorbikes, and scooters. A cursory glance would have led onlookers to presume battery-powered wheels were taking over. While that has not […]

Celebrating LNG this Earth Day!
April 22, 2019
“The most important challenge we face on this planet is to forge a sustainable society during the next four or five decades,” Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson warned nearly 30 years ago. The late American politician’s rallying call appears to be just as relevant today, on Earth Day’s 49th anniversary. During the decades since the […]

How well do you know steel?
March 22, 2019
We’ve all seen Superman, or the Man of Steel, taking on villains and saving the world on the big screen. Tough and (almost) indestructible, the superhero is a symbol of strength and endurance. But what about steel in real life? What traits and personality would the alloy have if it’s a person? Steel is produced […]

Indispensable materials Part 16: How inorganic fertilizers play a vital role in our lives
February 22, 2019
Take a stroll through Everland’s gardens this March and you’ll be dazzled by one of the most stunning tulips displays in Korea. Their multicolored bulbs usher in the spring season every year at the country’s most famous theme park, but there’s something unusual about them – they don’t usually blossom until the warmer weather comes […]

[Interview] How Min-young Lee developed environmental safety management
February 8, 2019
Safety first, the phrase we all heard as children, has taken on a whole new meaning for Min-young Lee. As an Assistant Manager of the Human Resources Team at Samsung C&T, he is responsible for the safety, environment, and health management for headquarters, branches, and production sites. Specifically, he focuses on 8 production sites and […]

C&T Trading Group Receives Awards for Outstanding Contribution in 2018
January 22, 2019
As Samsung C&T grows as a truly global company that strives to exhibit the very highest standards of business practice, it envisages success as not only measured in business performance metrics, but also in the number of people it can reach within its regional communities. The Trading Group was therefore honored to have ended 2018 with two […]