The deal is worth about 1.0149 trillion won and covers five years from 2027 through 2032, with an option to extend by mutual agreement. The customer will remain undisclosed until the contract ends, the company said, citing business confidentiality.
POSCO Future M said it is the company’s largest anode-materials order since it entered the business in 2011. The company supplies anode materials to South Korean battery makers and to GM, and it previously signed natural graphite anode-materials supply deals worth about 670 billion won with a major Japanese battery maker in July 2025 and with a global automaker in October 2025.
The company said the latest contract follows its October natural-graphite agreement as part of a package arrangement, and it plans to seek broader cooperation with the customer in cathode materials and lithium-related businesses.
To meet the new order, POSCO Future M has begun a phased expansion of anode-materials capacity. On March 5, it decided to invest about 357 billion won to build an artificial graphite anode-materials plant in Vietnam. The company said the new supply contract secures a customer for the first phase, and it will proceed with a second phase if additional orders are won.
POSCO Future M said the Vietnam investment is expected to expand mass-production capacity and enable supplies with improved cost and quality competitiveness.
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