Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. (Co-CEOs Park Ki-deok and Jung Tae-woong) has been awarded the Grand Prize in the Corporate/Institutional-Environmental Management category at the '2025 Korea Management Awards'.

As the 'World's No. 1 Non-ferrous Metal' company, Korea Zinc represents a key national industry, producing basic metals such as zinc and lead, as well as precious metals like gold and silver, and uniquely in Korea, strategic minerals such as antimony and indium. The company records an annual revenue of KRW 12 trillion and has achieved 102 consecutive quarters of profit.

Korea Zinc is advancing its new business strategy, the 'Troika Drive (Renewable Energy and Green Hydrogen, Resource Circulation, Secondary Battery Materials Business)', based on its solid smelting operations. Among these, the renewable energy and green hydrogen business and the resource circulation business are directly aligned with Korea Zinc's environmentally focused management approach.

In particular, Korea Zinc is actively transitioning to renewable energy with the goal of achieving RE100 by 2050. Through its Australian subsidiary Ark Energy, Korea Zinc is pursuing solar and wind renewable energy development and generation projects, as well as large-scale battery ESS projects. Another Australian subsidiary, SMC Smelter, was the first large-scale smelter to declare RE100 and currently supplies 25% of its total power from solar energy. The green hydrogen produced from renewable energy in Australia is expected to be introduced domestically for use in various industries, including mobility. The Onsan Smelter is also conducting a hydrogen forklift demonstration project.

Korea Zinc is also expanding its resource circulation business, centered on its U.S. subsidiary Pedal Point Holdings. The company produces valuable metals such as copper and silver from discarded resources like waste electronic products, waste batteries, and waste solar panels. Robo One, recently incorporated as a subsidiary, is optimizing waste sorting in collaboration with Korea Zinc's U.S. subsidiary Pedal Point Ignio through its AI-based waste sorting robot (Robin). Additionally, its domestic subsidiary Steel Cycle is producing zinc oxide, a raw material for zinc production, from steel dust without generating landfill by-products through the only RHF process in Korea.

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