From Supply Chain Guardian to Dreaming of the Nobel Prize, an Irreplaceable Company | POSCO Group Chairman Jang In-hwa [Special Interview]

Summary

POSCO Group Chairman Jang In-hwa outlines the company's transformation into an irreplaceable global supply chain guardian, expanding from steel into strategic resources like lithium, rare earths, rare gases, and LNG, while integrating AI to achieve operational excellence. He emphasizes POSCO's critical role in securing materials and energy for Korea and highlights its long-term vision of becoming a top-tier technology-driven group, hinting at confidence in POSCO's stock as a national asset.

• Global megatrends: AI transformation, green transition, and supply chain fragmentation.
• POSCO has deep experience in resource procurement and process industry superiority.
• Expanding into lithium, rare earths, rare gases, and LNG midstream/trading.
• Built Korea's first rare gas plant, now supplying 50% of domestic demand for semiconductors.
• AI embedded in manufacturing for over a decade, enabling new operational OEM business.
• Unmatched automotive steel technology, supplying Toyota, GM, Mercedes.
• Aiming to foster a Nobel Prize winner in science, reflecting deep technical roots.
• The chairman hints at POSCO's enduring value as Korea's original national stock.