Apple has announced HealthKit, a glorified healthcare and fitness app bundled into iOS8 that can potentially communicate patient health data to hospitals. The company also announced a partnership with the Mayo Clinic, which is exploring the ...
Tags: Apple, Digital Health Company
GE Lighting has launched a navigation system that enables retailers to communicate with customers through their smartphones using LED lighting. This smart-shopping system from GE Lighting and US startup ByteLight allows retailers to send ...
Tags: GE Lighting, Smart-Shopper Market
Indonesia, the world's largest exporter of thermal coal, plans to build 14 dedicated coal terminals in the islands of Kalimantan and Sumatra in a bid to curb illegal coal exports, a government official said Monday. Around 50 million-60 ...
Tags: thermal coal, coal terminals
India's state-owned steelmaker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has announced that it sold 1.06 million mt of finished steel products in May this year, registering year-on-year growth of 11 percent. In the given month, the company's ...
Tags: Steel Demand, Steel
Nissan Motor has established a new company Nippon Charge Service in collaboration with Toyota Motor Corporation, Honda Motor, and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation to form a single charging network in Japan. The consortium stated that the new ...
Tags: Nissan Motor, Honda
Australia is due for a second wave of LNG project development, despite spiraling costs that have hindered further progress in recent years, Santos Vice President of LNG Markets and Eastern Australia Commercial Peter Cleary said. Speaking ...
Tags: LNG Development, LNG Markets
Renault’s 100 per cent electric-powered delivery vans will shortly join Australia Post’s fleet in Melbourne and Sydney. The Renault Kangoo Maxi Z.E. (Zero Emission) electric van, currently not sold in Australia, is widely used ...
Tags: Electric Vans, Renault
The increasing demand for affordable housing, robust infrastructure, and other public amenities among the younger generation is fuelling the market for paints and coatings in Egypt. Nearly 65 per cent of Egypt's population is in the 15 to ...
Tags: Paints, Coatings Market
Taiwan-based Tatung has been constructing rooftop PV systems at more than 70 public schools in central Taiwan and already unveiled the first one on May 28, according to the company. Tatung in December 2013 won the project from Nantou ...
Tags: PV Systems, Tatung
Peabody Energy estimates that Southern Powder River Basin coal prices are up about 30% in the trailing six-month period ended April 30, with SPRB stockpiles dropping below "normal" levels to 48 days use. Peabody's estimates, which were ...
Tags: coal, natural gas
The Withers family behind 7-Eleven in Australia have acquired the Australian operating licence of Starbucks and control of the local operations of the global coffee giant. However, the Withers Group have intimated that the existing 24 ...
Tags: Starbucks, 7-Eleven Connections
China’s state-controlled press is accusing Cisco of helping the U.S. government in cyberespionage. The criticisms come a week after the U.S. indicted five Chinese military personnel for allegedly hacking into several U.S. companies ...
Tags: Cyberwar Efforts, cyberespionage
Volvo Electric has signed an agreement with Hamburger Hochbahn for the delivery of three to hybrid buses. The plug-in technology enables fuel consumption and CO2 emissions to be reduced by up to 75% and total energy consumption to be ...
Tags: Volvo Electric, Hybrid Buses
Steel demand in Latin America is expected to grow 3.5 percent this year, driven by infrastructure programs and new sectors such as energy and automotive. Rafael Rubio, general director of the Latin American Steel Association (Alacero) ...
Tags: Steel demand, Steel consumption
Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium, South African subsidiary of Russia-based steelmaking and mining giant Evraz, has announced its financial results for the first quarter this year, posting a net loss of ZAR 105 million ($10 million), ...
Tags: Steel, Highveld Steel