The story
Huh Chae-kyung founded Hanil Cement Co. in 1961, as the second oldest cement company in South Korea.
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Private company
Hanil Cement
South Korean cement company
Hanil Cement Co, Ltd. Korean: 한일시멘트(Hanja: 韓一-) is a cement, concrete and chemical company headquartered in Seoul, Korea, established in 1961. It produces portland cement products and cement under the brand Remital.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
1961Founded1
- Industrycement1
- HeadquartersSeoul1
- Websitewww.hanil.com
- Legal formjoint-stock company1
- Listed onKorea Exchange (Stock Market)1
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Hanil Cement Co, Ltd. Korean: 한일시멘트(Hanja: 韓一-) is a cement, concrete and chemical company headquartered in Seoul, Korea, established in 1961. It produces portland cement products and cement under the brand Remital.2
Acquisitions
In 2007, a consortium of Hanil Cement and LK Investment Partners acquired a controlling stake of 84.56 percent stake or 14.17 million shares of Hyundai Cement from 32 creditors The two companies formed HLK Holdings, a special purpose company, to acquire the shares.
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Controversies and legal
Price Manipulation Investigation
In July 2020, the special judicial police squad of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) of South Korea raided the headquarters of Hanil Cement and the house of Huh Gi-ho, co-chief executive of Hanil Holdings Co. The FSS charged that for the merger of Hanil Holdings' daughter company, HLK Holdings and Hanil Cement, Hanil Holdings and Mr. Huh Gi-ho leveraged insider information to manipulate the stock prices in order to gain the greater control of the combined company.
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Timeline
- 1961Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.hanil.com1
- Websitewww.hanil.com/en/html/mi_01.html1
- WikipediaHanil Cement
- WikidataQ5648211
Sources
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- 1WikidataHanil Cement on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaHanil Cement on Wikipedia
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