PRE-MARKET AUSTRALIAN, JAPANESE & SOUTH KOREAN STOCKS NEWS: Panasonic (6752 JT) opens a second US battery plant in the state of Kansas

AUSTRALIA

Australian Strategic Materials (ASM AT) - Co. marks milestone with first heavy rare earth metals sale and signs MOU with Neo Performance for strategic partnership. (Newswires)

BHP (BHP AT) - Co. reportedly turns to Chinese partners for decarbonisation projects, while it was also reported that legal costs rise in BHP Brazil dam disaster case. (The Australian

St Barbara (SBM AT) - Co. Q4 gold sales rose 34% Q/Q to around 15.6k ounces. (Newswires)

Other News - Australian PM Albanese meets with Chinese President Xi today. (The Australian)

JAPAN

Aozora Bank (8304 JT) - Co. and Resona Bank plan USD 1.4bln in private credit funds amid M&A surge. (Nikkei)

Create SD Holdings (3148 JT) - Co. FY (JPY) net rose 14.6% Y/Y to JPY 15.7bln. (Newswires)

Honda (7267 JT) - Co. and Nissan (7201 JT) are to create a common operating system for next-generation cars and plan to introduce vehicles equipped with a new operating system by late 2020s. (Nikkei)

Panasonic (6752 JT) - Co. opens a second US battery plant in the state of Kansas. (Nikkei)

Rakuten (4755 JT) - Co. will get support from Japan's METI to develop an AI model. (Nikkei)

Tsuruha Holdings (3391 JT) - Co. Q1 (JPY) net 11.1bln (prev. 9.2bln Y/Y). (Newswires)

Other News

Japan and the EU will issue a joint statement to strengthen economic alliance with a focus on trade, tech and supply chain coordination. (Yomiuri)

Japanese PM Ishiba and trade negotiator Akazawa are to meet with US Treasury Secretary Bessent during his trip to Japan, while the meeting is being considered for July 18 in Tokyo. (Yomiuri)

Japan’s ruling LDP approval rate is at 24.0% which is the lowest since 2012 ahead of the Upper House election on Sunday, according to an NHK poll. (Newswires)

SOUTH KOREA

GS Engineering & Construction Corp (006360 KS) - Co. won a KRW 315bln order. (Newswires)

DL E&C Co. (375500 KS) - Co. won a KRW 550bln order. (Newswires)

15 Jul 2025 - 00:48- MetalsResearch Sheet- Source: Newswires