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OtterBusiness Launches Groundbreaking Industry-First Protection for iPhone 14

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

FORT COLLINS, Colo., March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- OtterBusiness announces another groundbreaking solution for businesses that have long awaited the availability of rugged and certificated device protection in hazardous locations. The Hardline Series industrial-grade portfolio now extends its protection to iPhone 14, marking the world's first ATEX, IECEx and UL certified protective case and mobile phone solution for use in hazardous locations.1

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  • FORT COLLINS, Colo., March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- OtterBusiness announces another groundbreaking solution for businesses that have long awaited the availability of rugged and certificated device protection in hazardous locations.
  • The Hardline Series industrial-grade portfolio now extends its protection to iPhone 14, marking the world's first ATEX, IECEx and UL certified protective case and mobile phone solution for use in hazardous locations.1
    The Hardline Series device-integrated protective case for iPhone 14 from OtterBusiness is meticulously engineered to help safeguard workers and their devices, improving workplace safety and helping to ensure connectivity, even in the harshest working conditions.
  • Boasting UL certification for the United States and Canada, Hardline Series for iPhone 14 also holds IECEx and ATEX international certifications, showcasing third-party validation that it will offer enhanced protection for workers and their tech in the most demanding of environments.
  • To learn more about the OtterBusiness Hardline Series product suite and how it can protect industrial facilities and their workers, visit OtterBusiness.com.

USD 1.76 billion growth expected in Lithium-Sulfur Battery Market between 2022 and 2027, Analysing growth in Europe - 17,000+ Technavio Research Reports

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The lithium-sulfur battery market size is expected to grow by USD 1.76 billion from 2022 to 2027, according to Technavio.

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  • NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The lithium-sulfur battery market size is expected to grow by USD 1.76 billion from 2022 to 2027, according to Technavio.
  • In addition, the growth momentum of the market will progress at a CAGR of 33.06% during the forecast period.
  • The US, a major contributor to North America's Li-S battery market revenue, experiences high drone and EV adoption, necessitating batteries with extended runtime.
  • The train battery market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 5.45% between 2022 and 2027.

Child labour on farms in Africa: it's important to make a distinction between what's harmful, and what isn't

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Monday, May 1, 2023

We examined a number of dimensions of children’s work in African agriculture in papers published in 2020 and 2022.

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  • We examined a number of dimensions of children’s work in African agriculture in papers published in 2020 and 2022.
  • It is certainly the case that some children are harmed by the work they do, and others may be forced to work, exploited or trafficked.
  • And critically, neither their interests, nor those of other rural children, are necessarily served by ongoing efforts to eradicate child labour from African agriculture.
  • First, by disrupting the dominant child labour discourse that pushes all children’s work, whether it be harmful or harmless, into the category of harmful child labour.

Key insights: harm and the school-work dichotomy

    • They note that harm remains a contested concept, despite being central to efforts to define and eradicate child labour, and having been theorised within various academic disciplines.
    • And harm arising from children’s work is likely to remain difficult to identify, assess and understand.
    • Nevertheless, progress could be made with an approach to harm which incorporates its subjective dimensions, including children’s lived experience of harm, and is focused on well-being.
    • The reality is that harm is experienced at school, and while travelling between home and school, as bullying, gender violence and physical abuse.

Don’t cause further harm

    • There are ongoing initiatives to eradicate child labour from a handful of global agricultural value chains, including the cocoa chain in West Africa.
    • As long as such initiatives fail to appreciate that much of the children’s work is harmless, and indeed beneficial, they have the potential to cause significant negative consequences – in fact, to harm – rural children and their families.

Orea Reports JV Partner Nord Gold Sanctioned by the U.S.

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Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Orea management is discussing the situation with Nordgold and consulting with legal advisors.

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  • Orea management is discussing the situation with Nordgold and consulting with legal advisors.
  • Orea is awaiting a decision by the Supreme Court of France regarding the renewal of the Montagne d'Or mining titles (see press release of May 10, 2022).
  • The Mineral Resources are confined within a pit shell defined by a gold price of US$1,300/oz and a cut-off grade of 0.4g/t gold.
  • Mineral Reserves have also been defined with Proven Mineral Reserves of 8.25Mt at 1.99g/t gold (530,000 oz) and Probable Mineral Reserves of 45.87Mt at 1.50g/t gold (2.2 Moz).

Bluehole Publishes an Industry Comment on the First FDA-authorized Closed Pod Vape Equipped with FEELM Tech.

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

Chinas leading vaping media, Bluehole New Consumption, today publishes an industry comment on the first FDA-authorized closed pod vape equipped with FEELM Tech.

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  • Chinas leading vaping media, Bluehole New Consumption, today publishes an industry comment on the first FDA-authorized closed pod vape equipped with FEELM Tech.
  • It is the first e-cigarette authorized by the FDA that is equipped with ceramic coils and manufactured by FEELM, the flagship atomization tech brand belonging to SMOORE.
  • NJOY Ace was launched in 2018 and is powered by FEELM inside, the worlds first black ceramic atomization coil with metallic film.
  • As the first ceramic coil e-cigarette and pod vape authorized by the FDA, NJOY Ace's approval for sale fully showcases the harm reduction potential of FEELM ceramic coil.

Bluehole Publishes an Industry Comment on China's First Corporate Risk Assessment Laboratory for the EUTPD Compliance

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Monday, March 14, 2022

Chinas leading vaping media, Bluehole New Consumption, today publishes an industry comment on China's First Corporate Risk Assessment Laboratory for the European Union Tobacco Products Directive Compliance.

Key Points: 
  • Chinas leading vaping media, Bluehole New Consumption, today publishes an industry comment on China's First Corporate Risk Assessment Laboratory for the European Union Tobacco Products Directive Compliance.
  • Thus, SMOORE has become China's first company capable of providing vaping products with one-stop TPD risk assessment service.
  • As Chinas first corporate TPD-compliant risk assessment laboratory, it can generate test reports within 5 working days.
  • SMOORE fundamental research center has developed a comprehensive analytical testing and risk assessment system, covering PMTA non-clinical testing and health risk assessment.

SMOORE: Chinese Industry Leaders Are Committed to Exploring Harm Reduction of Vaping

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Friday, February 11, 2022

In recent years, Chinese vaping industry leaders RELX and SMOORE are committed to cross-disciplinary fundamental research on atomization mechanism, so as to explore the long-term health effects of vaping.

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  • In recent years, Chinese vaping industry leaders RELX and SMOORE are committed to cross-disciplinary fundamental research on atomization mechanism, so as to explore the long-term health effects of vaping.
  • In October 2020, a research program on vaping harm reduction jointly conducted by SMOORE and Tongji University was approved by National Natural Science Foundation of China.
  • As China's national standards of e-cigarettes come into effective, Chinese industry players will continue to increase their R&D investment and examine the harm reduction of vaping via scientific substantiation.
  • The Company is the worlds largest vaping device manufacturer in terms of revenue, accounting for 18.9% of the total global market share.