The Federal Court has found that fashion retailer Fewstone, trading as City Beach, breached the Australian Consumer Law by selling a range of consumer novelty products that did not comply with mandatory button battery safety and information standards. The Court found that between June 2022 and October 2024 City Beach sold more than 60 product types containing button batteries that did not comply with the button battery safety and/or information standards. The products included toys, digital note...

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5N+ Purity and On-Spec EBC Confirm Lac Knife’s Potential as a North American Source of Ultra-High-Performance Graphite Applications Ottawa, Ontario–(ACN Newswire – December 11, 2025) – Focus Graphite Inc. (TSXV: FMS) (OTCQB: FCSMF) (FSE: FKC0) (“Focus” or the “Company“) a Canadian developer of high-grade flake graphite deposits and innovator of next-generation battery technology, is pleased to announce that follow-on purification and elemental anal...

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According to the Unite union, more than 30 construction workers have been suspended from the Johnson Matthey’s hydrogen gigafactory construction site in Hertfordshire for refusing to accept worsening conditions. More than 30 workers have been suspended from the Johnson Matthey’s hydrogen gigafactory construction site in Hertfordshire for refusing to accept worsening dangerous conditions. Johnson Matthey’s contractors, BGEN and Bilfinger, are also accused of disregarding mental as well as p...

The Smalth Titanium smart ring offers up to 7 days of battery life in normal use (Image source: Smalth) Smalth has introduced a new Titanium smart ring with 12 days of battery life. The smart ring has a titanium shell, an offline data storage feature, SpO2 and heart rate tracking, and app-based controls. On top of that, it’s said to be waterproof up to 10 ATM. Smalth has introduced its latest smart ring, the Titanium, in the global market. The company’s new smart ring features a medical-grad...

Unigrid has replaced the electrolyte with a solid sulfide electrolyte, the anode with tin impregnated with single-walled carbon nanotubes, and the cathode with sodium-chromium-oxide (NaCrO2). Unlike batteries that use lithium for the cathode, the Na+ Fleet does not use rare earths, is safer during storage and use, and is better for the environment at the end of its life, according to the company. Unigrid CEO Darren Tan notes the sodium-ion batteries won’t catch fire until temperatures exc...

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