# Lotte Chemical to build new factory for battery materials in Seosan

Lotte Chemical will spend about 233 billion won to build a new factory in Seosan to produce high-purity EC and DMC used in electrolyte solvents for lithium-ion batteries.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-02-07
- Where: Seosan, South Korea, South Korea
- Value: $194.0M (233.0B KRW)
- Status: announced
- Products: high-purity ethylene carbonate (EC), dimethyl carbonate (DMC)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Lotte Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/2025.md)

## Sources

- [en.yna.co.kr](https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20220207001100320), 2022-02-07: "The company said it will spend about 233 billion won to build a new factory in its main domestic production complex in the southwestern city of Seosan to produce high-purity ethylene carbonate (EC) and dimethyl carbonate (DMC) used in electrolyte solvents in lithium-ion batteries."

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