Frank Bakker Appointed President & CEO; Executives PromotedCENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westwater Resources, Inc. (NYSE American: WWR), an energy technology and battery-grade natural graphite company (“Westwater Resources” or the “Company”), today announced that its Board of Directors appointed Frank Bakker as Westwater’s new President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective immediately. Mr. Bakker has been serving as Westwater’s Vice President and General Manager – Alabama Graphite Products.
Mawson’s installed operational capacity as of December 31, 2022 was approximately 2.9 Exahash across Bitcoin Self-Mining and Hosting Co-locationsApproximately $4 million in revenue generated from Mawson’s Energy Market Program in December, $13.9 million generated in 2022SHARON, Pa. & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. (NASDAQ:MIGI) (“Mawson” or the “Company”), a digital infrastructure provider, announced today its unaudited Bitcoin production and operational update for December 2022.
50:50 joint venture for hydroxide plant is expected to generate significant savings for Critical Metals Corp.’s Wolfsberg ProjectPERTH, Australia & WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--European Lithium Ltd (ASX: EUR) (“European Lithium”), a mineral exploration company in a proposed business combination (the “Proposed Business Combination”) with Sizzle Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: SZZL) (“Sizzle”) to form Critical Metals Corp. (“Critical Metals” or the “Company”), announced it has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Obeikan Investment Group (“Obeikan”) to build and operate a hydroxide plant in Saudi Arabia for the Wolfsberg Lithium Project in Austria (the “Project”).
Findings show that health has taken on a new meaning for people across the globe — bringing new priorities and challenges with itNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Noom, a leading digital health platform focused on behavior change, today released its second-annual ‘States of Healthy Behaviors’ report, the result of an eight-nation consumer survey focused on how people are approaching their health goals, and the barriers they experience along the way.
SINGAPORE & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading global fintech Airwallex has announced the launch of a partnership with American Express, allowing Airwallex customers to accept American Express Cards as a payment method. Airwallex customers in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United Kingdom will now be able to accept American Express Card payments from around the world through payment links, Xero invoice payments and e-commerce shopping extensions.
MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm, said: “We were fatality free for the fourth consecutive year, as we continue to put safety at the forefront of everything we do. A number of operational records were achieved in the second half across the Pilbara iron ore mine and rail system. Deployment of our Safe Production System resulted in improved performance at those sites and overall production was higher versus 2021 across all commodities, with the exception of aluminium and alumina.
Stemly leverages SnapLogic’s no/low code, intuitive intelligent integration platform to connect customer data across functions for interconnected enterprise decision-makingSYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SnapLogic, a leader in intelligent integration and enterprise automation, today announced that Stemly, a leading decision intelligence provider, has adopted SnapLogic to strengthen its machine learning (ML) capabilities. With SnapLogic’s intuitive no/low-code platform, Stemly has the data it needs in real-time to serve customers better and faster than ever before.
Productsup provides L’Oréal with more control over its product data to drive down costs and fuel growthBERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Productsup, the leading product-to-consumer (P2C) software company, officially announced today that L’Oréal Australia, the world’s leading beauty player, has selected the Productsup P2C platform to enhance its commerce operations by delivering rich, relevant, and accurate product information to consumers. As its feed management partner, Productsup will help accelerate L’Oréal’s go-to-market strategy in the APAC region, enabling the company to reach more consumers across more channels than ever before.
AWS customers can now use Megaport to privately and securely connect Outposts racks to AWS Direct Connect service locationsBRISBANE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Megaport Limited (ASX: MP1) ("Megaport"), a global leading Network as a Service (NaaS) provider, announced today that Megaport has earned an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Outposts Ready Partner designation as part of the AWS Service Ready Program. AWS customers can use Megaport’s global, private Software Defined Network to securely connect Outposts racks to AWS Direct Connect service locations, enabling more reliable and performant application migrations and operations to Outposts.
Initial Focus on Unmanned Aircraft and Drone Industry, enabling a 10X Improvement over Batteries, and a 3X Improvement over Pressurized Hydrogen.Partners Have Been Preparing a First Liquid H2 Unmanned Aircraft Weighing just 25kg In a First Attempt to Cross the Atlantic on Hydrogen-Electric Power.TOULOUSE, France & SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#UAV--H3 Dynamics and Hylium Industries have joined forces to boost the performance of zero emission hydrogen-electric flight, by combining the strengths of Hylium’s liquid hydrogen storage and liquification solutions, and H3 Dynamics’ distributed hydrogen-electric propulsion nacelles
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#ESL--Hanshow participated in the 2023 National Retail Federation (NRF), the largest retail event in the world. At this year’s NRF Exhibition Booth, Hanshow unveiled a new generation protocol high-density low-power cellular network (HiLPC) and four-color Electronic Shelf Label (ESL). Hanshow has strengthened the operability of both its hardware and software and now provides more advanced solutions and services for the digital upgrading of retail industry customers.
GEELONG, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Recharge Industries™, a Scale Facilitation® portfolio company, has engaged Accenture (NYSE: ACN) as its engineering provider to move forward on building one of the world’s largest gigafactories in Australia. At full capacity, the large-scale lithium-ion battery cell production facility in Geelong, Victoria, will generate up to 30 gigawatt hours (GWh) of storage capacity per year for electric vehicles and stationary energy storage markets. Construction will begin in the second half of 2023, with the goal of producing batteries equal to 2 GWh annually in the second half of 2024 and 6 GWh by 2026. As operations expand to full capacity, the factory will employ an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 workers directly.
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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Throughout 2022, iconic beauty brand Mary Kay—along with its company-sponsored foundations—gave more than 3 million dollars to support women’s causes around the world. When Mary Kay Ash, legendary businesswoman and philanthropist, opened her business in 1963, she dreamed of empowering women internationally through entrepreneurship, innovation, hard work, and giving back. Nearly 60 years later, Mary Kay employees, Independent Beauty Consultants, and members of the global community keep her dream alive through generous contributions to four company-sponsored foundations delivering impactful support to women and their families in need.
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Updated iconography conveys firm values: Active Patience℠, Independent Thinking, Focused Expertise and Bold TeamworkCHICAGO & NEW YORK & SAN FRANCISCO & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ariel Investments, LLC (“Ariel” or “the firm”), a global value-based asset management firm, today unveiled a new brand in honor of its 40th anniversary. Ariel’s new creative can be viewed on ArielInvestments.com
Top-seeded tennis star Coco Gauff named Baker Tilly brand ambassador CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading advisory CPA firm Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) announces tennis star Coco Gauff as its new brand ambassador. Heading into next week’s 2023 Australian Open, Coco has a commanding start to the season having just won her third career WTA singles title at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand.
Selina Magnetic Island marks the 4th Selina in Australia, joining the rest of the hotels in Brisbane and MelbourneNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$SLNA #SLNA--Selina Hospitality PLC ("Selina"), (NASDAQ: SLNA), the fast-growing lifestyle and experiential hospitality company targeting millennial and Gen Z travelers, announced it opened its fourth hotel in Australia, Selina Magnetic Island, on December 23rd. The new hotel is a picture-perfect tropical paradise within a 5-minute walk from Horseshoe Bay.
Based On Asia’s Phenomenally Successful Kartrider Franchise, Kartrider: Drift Brings Brand New and Intense Racing Action to Western Audiences in An Easy-To-Play Yet Hard-To-Master GameLOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#KartRiderDrift--Starting today, KartRider: Drift, Nexon’s highly anticipated free-to-play kart racing party game, is available to download and play on PC and mobile platforms via Steam
CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$WWR #batterymetals--Westwater Resources, Inc. (NYSE American: WWR), a battery-grade, natural graphite development company (“Westwater” or “the “Company”), today announced that it will participate in a Fireside Chat with Water Tower Research on Thursday, January 19, 2023, at 2:00 pm EST. Water Tower Research will host a conversation with Steve Cates, Westwater Resources Chief Financial Officer. He will discuss the changing dynamic in the graphite market, the growing focus of battery manufacturers on securing a domestic supply of critical metals, as well as other Company updates.
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MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Propanc Biopharma, Inc. (OTC Pink: PPCB) (“Propanc” or the “Company”), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel cancer treatments for patients suffering from recurring and metastatic cancer, today announced that Mrs. Belén Toledo Cutillas MSc, Joint Researcher, presented at the recent 43rd Meeting of the European Organization of Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), Pharmacology and Molecular Mechanisms (PAMM) group. Mrs. Toledo Cutillas discussed novel approaches to hampering tumor support of key components within the tumor microenvironment (TME). Specifically, she described how “a protein-based treatment re-educates” certain tumor cells that play a key role in the TME, decreasing the TME influence on tumorigenesis and increasing drug uptake of standard therapies that are often rendered ineffective due to chemoresistance. Mrs. Toledo Cutillas commented that results and discussion on the novel approach was well received at the Congress in Florence, Italy.
NEW YORK & SYDNEY & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xpansiv, the premier infrastructure provider for environmental markets, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Evolution Markets Inc., a leading provider of transaction and advisory services in global carbon, renewable energy, and energy transition markets. The combination of the two companies will expand Xpansiv’s service offerings and product development capabilities to help empower the energy transition. The acquisition will also enhance Evolution Markets’ client services through its integration with Xpansiv’s technology infrastructure, market, and data platforms.
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vista Gold Corp. (NYSE American and TSX: VGZ) (“Vista” or the “Company”) today provided a corporate update and discussed the Company’s outlook for 2023. Frederick H. Earnest, President and CEO of Vista Gold commented, “During 2022, we completed a feasibility study for our Mt Todd gold project, concluded a drilling program to demonstrate district-scale resource growth potential, significantly reduced costs, and retained CIBC Capital Markets as a strategic advisor to support the Company’s strategic outreach process for Mt Todd. These accomplishments advanced Mt Todd’s reserve size, resource growth potential, economic returns, and attractiveness to prospective partners.
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Snowplow, the industry leader in data creation and behavioral data, announces the acquisition of Sydney-based Poplin Data, Snowplow's exclusive integration and enablement partner in Australia and New Zealand. The acquisition of the data-specialist consulting firm, which helps organizations achieve a competitive advantage through deployment of sophisticated data-led strategies, has supported customers within the Snowplow ecosystem for six years.
Supply chain disruptions, rising energy costs and a tough labour market flagged as key challenges for Australian midsize companiesSYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The majority of Australian midsize business leaders are grappling with rising costs and challenges driven by inflation (71%). At the same time, nearly six in ten (59%) feel confident about the global and national economy, and expect their revenue (77%) and profits (74%) to increase in the year ahead, according to J.P. Morgan’s second annual Australia Business Leaders Outlook
ROCKLAND, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cutter Associates, a leading provider of research and consultancy services for asset managers, asset owners, and other investment companies around the globe has appointed Cindy Castellano, CFA as CEO effective April 1, 2023. She will replace current CEO, John Clark. Clark, who has been CEO of Cutter since April 2019, has been with Cutter Associates since its inception in 1999. He will remain involved with Cutter helping to grow Cutter’s research membership and consultancy business in the European and US markets.
— Financial leader brings in-depth expertise, operational excellence, and action-oriented leadership to InMoment’s expanding businessSALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InMoment®, the leading provider of Experience Improvement (XI)™, announced today that Kimberly Gerard has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to continue to propel InMoment’s leadership position within the customer experience (CX) industry.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$NFT #Facebook--NFT Technologies Inc. (NEO: NFT | Frankfurt: 8LO | OTCQB: NFTFF) ("NFT Tech"), a leading technology company partnering with top-tier brands to accelerate their entry into the world of web3 through innovative technologies and unparalleled creativity, is pleased to announce that its project with Tennis Australia, AO Metaverse has announced mint schedule for ArtBall 2023.
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$GENM #copper--Management of Generation Mining Limited (TSX: GENM) (OTCQB: GENMF) (“Gen Mining” or the “Company”) reflects on a year that has been action-packed as we’ve advanced the Marathon Palladium-Copper project in Northwestern Ontario (the “Marathon Project”), held through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Generation PGM Inc. (“Gen PGM”), closer to construction. In the 42 months since Gen Mining first acquired an interest in the Marathon Project, the Company has significantly advanced the Marathon Project towards becoming the next greenfield critical minerals mine in Canada by preparing a feasibility study and 43-101 Technical Report, obtaining the federal and provincial government environmental assessment approvals, entering into agreements with affected Indigenous communities, including the Community Benefits Agreement with the Biigtigong Nishnaabeg First Nation, and advancing significant financing arrangements to fund construction of the mine.
