Adds rail connectivity in world’s largest domestic logistics marketSYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WiseTech Global (ASX:WTC), developer of the leading logistics execution software CargoWise, today announces its acquisition of Blume Global (Blume), provider of a leading solution facilitating intermodal rail in North America, for US$414 million. Headquartered in the United States, Blume is being acquired from funds managed by Apollo, EQT and other minority shareholders.
LG Chem investing $75 million to acquire Piedmont Lithium common sharesPiedmont to supply LG Chem with 200,000 metric tons of spodumene concentrate over four yearsAgreements illustrate the benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, with North American critical minerals supporting the development of a U.S. battery supply chainBELMONT, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$PLL #EV--Piedmont Lithium Inc. (“Piedmont” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:PLL; ASX:PLL)
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New hires signal growth plans for 2023SINGAPORE & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Airwallex has today announced senior appointments to its global leadership team as the global payments and financial platform focuses on its expansion into 2023. Justin Yek has commenced in the newly created role of Head of Strategic Finance and Corporate Development following more than 10 years in banking, finance and start ups including work for Morgan Stanley and Citi. Jon Stona has joined Airwallex as Global Head of Marketing after working at Stripe in senior marketing roles, as well as positions at Google and Nike.
MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global miner Rio Tinto and Japanese trader and business conglomerate Marubeni Corporation have agreed a first sale under a new strategic Collaboration Agreement to secure a sustainable and reliable supply of Rio Tinto’s Responsible Aluminium products to Japanese downstream manufacturers. The first sale is a batch of Rio Tinto’s RenewAlTM high purity aluminium, from the renewably powered New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS), to a major Japanese motorcycle manufacturer committed to reducing carbon emissions throughout its supply chains and manufacturing process.
BRISBANE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Energy Storage Industries — Asia Pacific (ESI) has strengthened the position of iron flow battery technology to secure Queensland’s future as a renewable energy superpower.The Queensland-based, Australian-owned company has achieved a series of milestones this year. The first of ESI’s long-duration, grid-scale batteries completed the final stage of commissioning, the first production batteries are now being transported to a customer’s pilot site and the company’s technology has been recognised by Queensland’s Deputy Premier.
ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#LivingSystems--Introba, one of the world’s largest building engineering and consulting firms (formerly Integral Group, Ross & Baruzzini, Elementa Consulting, and Elementa Engineering), is creating Living Systems that are smart, secure, resilient, and connected. Through advisory and engineering services, they build environments that uplift communities, protect the planet’s health, and adapt to meet future demands. Introba has 1,000+ employees in offices across the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Serbia.
MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cyara, provider of the award-winning Automated Customer Experience (CX) Assurance Platform, today announced it closed out H1 FY23 with 40% year over year growth in revenue, 96% customer retention rate and a Customer Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 67. In the first half of the financial year, Cyara also completed 25% more load tests than the same period the prior year, and saw a two fold increase in new customer deployments over the previous six months. Cyara hit a new milestone, delivering 12.8 billion seconds of synthetic CX testing traffic annually.
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NaturalShrimp, Inc. (OTCQB: SHMP), a Biotechnology Aquaculture Company that has developed and patented the first shrimp-focused commercially operational RAS (Recirculating Aquaculture System), announced today the beginning of a prawn farm wastewater trial in Mackay, Australia. The study is funded by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) and the Australian Prawn Farmers Association. This collaborative effort between NaturalShrimp, its wholly owned subsidiary Natural Aquatic Systems, industry, suppliers and the FRDC aims to evaluate the Company’s patented electrocoagulation (EC) technology for the coagulation of microalgae and reduction of total nitrogen in wastewater.
Company Funded Through Results of U.S. Early Feasibility Study of DurAVR™BRISBANE, Australia and EAGAN, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Anteris Technologies Ltd (ASX: AVR), a structural heart company developing DurAVR™, the world’s only balloon-expandable, 3D single-piece biomimetic aortic valve, announced today the completion of a A$35M equity fundraising initiated on February 9th 2023. In this transaction the Company has issued 1.458 million new ordinary shares to at an issue price of $24.00 per New Share, to raise the A$35 million amount. Newly issued shares will commence trading today.
All amounts in US$ unless otherwise indicatedVANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#CapstoneCopper--Capstone Copper Corp. (“Capstone” or the “Company”) (TSX:CS) today reported financial results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2022 (“Q4 2022” and "2022"). The results are preliminary and subject to change based on final results. Q4 copper production totaled 45,500 tonnes at C1 cash costs
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SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Triton Digital®, the global technology and services leader to the digital audio, podcast, and broadcast radio industries, announced today the release of the first 2023 Australian Podcast Ranker. The Ranker provides insight into the Top 150 Podcasts as well as the Top 150 Australian-Made Podcasts, the Top Publishers in Australia, and the Top Sales Representatives in Australia from 1 January through 31 January 2023, as measured by Triton’s Podcast Metrics measurement service. The month of January had 67.8M downloads.
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Iconic beauty and entrepreneurship company Mary Kay Inc. announced today the appointment of Sheryl Adkins-Green as Chief Experience Officer. In the new role, Adkins-Green will support the success of millions of Independent Beauty Consultants’ businesses through a 360-degree integrated customer experience. “Nothing matters more at Mary Kay than a rewarding experience for our Independent Beauty Consultants and their customers,” said Nathan Moore, President of Global Sales & Marketing at Mary Kay. “Sheryl’s experience as a customer-first marketer with an emphasis on unparalleled service makes her a natural fit as our Chief Experience Officer. She’s beyond passionate about the Mary Kay opportunity, and we’re thrilled to see how her global strategy will continue to make a difference in the lives of women across the globe.”
Vast Solar Pty Ltd. (“Vast” or the “Company”) has entered into a Business Combination Agreement with Nabors Energy Transition Corp. (“NETC”). The combined entity will be named Vast and is expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol “VSTE”, while remaining headquartered in Australia.Vast has developed a proprietary next-generation CSP system that provides clean, dispatchable renewable energy for utility-scale power, industrial heat and clean fuel production applications.
Global Net Sales declined 4% to US$860.8 Million for the Third Quarter Adjusted Net Income declined 16% to US$129.2 Million for the Third Quarter Adjusts Fiscal Year 2023 Adjusted Net Income Guidance Range to US$600 Million and US$620 MillionSYDNEY & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--James Hardie Industries plc (ASX: JHX; NYSE: JHX), the world’s #1 producer and marketer of high- performance fiber cement and fiber gypsum building solutions, today announced results for its third quarter fiscal year 2023, the three-month period ending 31 December 2022.
Young Women’s Preparatory Network / Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School Students attend special STEAM Day inspiring future STEAM leadersDALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mary Kay Inc., a global advocate for women’s empowerment and education, recently hosted a group of 25 young women from Dallas Independent School District’s Young Women’s Preparatory Network (YWPN) / Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School for an educational, inspirational exploration of Women in STEAM. The events led up to the celebration of International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Non-profit will support net negative emissions by funding up to 860,000 tons of carbon dioxide removalCHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Climate Vault, an award-winning non-profit that reduces and removes carbon emissions, today launched its first Request For Proposal (RFP) of 2023 to identify, assess, and award funds to emerging carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies. Climate Vault’s grant funding seeks to stimulate the growth and development of innovative CDR technologies that are helping make net negative emissions possible.
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE American: GORO) (the “Company,” “We,” “Our” or “GRC”) remains focused on unlocking the value of our Mexican mine, existing infrastructure, and large property position. Additionally, the Company remains committed to optimizing the mine plan and process flowsheets for the Back Forty Project. With that said, the 2022 market volatility, challenging economic conditions and the lower grade profile of our current Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources, have collectively contributed to an adverse impact on our 2022 cash flows and consolidated earnings. While we are focused on organic growth and disciplined cost cutting initiatives, the lower grade profile is expected to continue through 2023 and is projected to negatively impact operating cash flows and total cash costs per gold equivalent ounce, as reflected in the guidance table below.
Farhaj Majeed appointed as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)SYDNEY & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--James Hardie Industries plc (ASX: JHX; NYSE: JHX), the world’s #1 producer and marketer of high-performance fiber cement and fiber gypsum building solutions, today announces the appointment of Farhaj Majeed as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Farhaj will assume the role effective February 20, he will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Aaron Erter and will serve on the Executive Leadership team. Farhaj will lead all aspects of James Hardie’s People, Talent & Rewards, DEI and Culture strategy.
Awards recognize leaders in innovation and automation shaping the industrySAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SnapLogic, a leader in intelligent integration and enterprise automation, today announced the winners of its second annual Enterprise Automation Awards. The awards recognize customers and partners who have successfully deployed intelligent integration and automation to boost innovation, improve the customer experience, and drive operational excellence and business growth.
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nova Credit and American Express announced today that they will expand the companies’ successful partnership to cover more immigration corridors to the U.S. Prospective Card Members that are immigrating to the U.S. from South Korea and Switzerland will now have the ability to easily share their international credit report with American Express when applying for a personal American Express credit card.
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Janus Henderson Group plc (NYSE/ASX: JHG; “JHG” or the “Company”) announced today that Ali Dibadj, CEO, is scheduled to speak at the Bank of America Securities Financial Services Conference 2023 in New York on February 16, 2023, beginning at approximately 8:50 a.m. ET. A live webcast will be available via the investor relations section of the Janus Henderson website (ir.janushenderson.com). A replay of the webcast will be available within 24 hours of the presentation and will remain accessible through the Company’s website for three months.
Unsolicited, coercive, non-binding and self-serving proposal would result in a materially diminished dividend to all shareholders upon Ramu debt repaymentOpportunistic proposal and its demands have been unanimously rejected by the Company’s Board of Directors, with the support of the Company’s largest institutional shareholders.BMO Capital Markets and Kingsdale Advisors retained as strategic advisors to help defend shareholder value and protect shareholders against other opportunistic or coercive actions that would harm shareholder interests
Mawson stockholders vote in favor of Reverse Stock SplitSHARON, Pa. & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. (NASDAQ:MIGI) (“Mawson” or the “Company”), a digital infrastructure provider, announced today the results of its stockholder vote in respect of its reverse stock split, which was sent to stockholders on December 23, 2022.Stockholders voted in favor of the 1 for 6 reverse stock split, and a related resolution to reduce Mawson’s authorized Common Stock from 120,000,000 shares to 90,000,000 shares.
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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thoughtworks (NASDAQ: TWKS), a global technology consultancy that integrates strategy, design and engineering, today announced its acquisition of privately-held Itoc, a leading Amazon Web Services (AWS) Advanced Consulting Partner and Cloud Managed Services Provider in Australia. The acquisition expands Thoughtworks’ capabilities to modernize and place digital at the heart of operations for clients on their journeys to the cloud.
GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, today announced the launch of the Stock Yield Enhancement Program (SYEP) Derivatives for investors in Australia, aimed at providing eligible clients with the opportunity to earn extra income in their accounts. Clients who agree to lend their shares of stock to Interactive Brokers Australia in connection with the SYEP Derivatives program can expect to receive cash collateral deposits and returns equivalent to the revenue that may have been earned if the shares were lent out.
First reimbursement leads to greater access for patientsBOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Myomo, Inc. (NYSE American: MYO) ("Myomo" or the "Company"), a wearable medical robotics company that offers increased functionality for those suffering from neurological disorders and upper-limb paralysis, announced that for the first time, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Australia approved a MyoPro for a patient with a paralyzed arm. The NDIS aids over 500,000 Australians with disabilities through reimbursement for necessary services and support.
