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Promotor De Merchandising at Unilever - Unilever Global
Unilever news · 16 Jul 2026
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UK heatwave approaches two-week mark
All UK nations have experienced recent heatwave conditions but in southern England, the heatwave has now continued for 13 days. Sarah Keith-Lucas looks at how unusual this spell of heat is, and when we might see it easing.
BBC News — Science & Environment · 16 Jul 2026
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Create a space for both homework and hobbies - IKEA
IKEA UK newsroom · 16 Jul 2026
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Knife sets - IKEA
IKEA UK newsroom · 16 Jul 2026
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Foldable laundry baskets - IKEA
IKEA UK newsroom · 16 Jul 2026
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Outdoor furniture in rattan - IKEA
IKEA UK newsroom · 16 Jul 2026
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US scrap prices may hold current levels: BIR
US scrap prices are expected to have minimal downside through the summer even if new steel...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Section 232 thwarts PC-strand imports, increases costs: Insteel
Insteel Industries executives say the US policy of applying Section 232 to derivative steel products seems...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Commerce maintains China-wide threaded rod AD duty rate
The US Department of Commerce has determined in its antidumping review of steel threaded rod from...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Eurofer calls for slower free emissions allocation phaseout
Eurofer has called for a significantly slower phaseout of free CO2 emissions allocation for sectors encompassed...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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US exempts pig iron from new Brazil tariffs
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has finalised a 25% tariff on imports...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Gerdau NA hikes merchant bar prices
Gerdau Long Steel North America has announced price increases on merchant bar products, Kallanish learns. The...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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BHP strike lifts iron ore
Seaborne iron ore prices edged higher on Thursday despite softer futures, as the BHP workers’ strike...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Turkish long steel offers hold despite weak demand
Turkish long steel producers are refusing to reduce their export and domestic offers further as rising...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Buyers call for policy certainty amid ETS review
Members of the Climate Group’s demand-side initiative, SteelZero, are calling for policy certainty to invest in...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Rising offers deepen Turkish scrap market struggle
The Turkish imported scrap market continues to struggle as both buyers and sellers attempt to preserve...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Low Rhine water levels affect German steel production
A prolonged period of reduced rainfall in western Germany has seen the water levels of the...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Paraguay’s IMS expands pipe production
Paraguay’s Grupo Schussmuller is expanding its steel welded tube processing lines. The company is investing $30...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Chile's long steel sales decline in May
Chilean suppliers’ long steel shipments to the domestic market fell for the second consecutive month in...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Indian rebar holds steady on thin trade
Indian rebar prices have remained largely unchanged this week as mills and buyers continued to hold...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Egypt’s rebar output, sales jump in June
Egypt’s rebar production rose 13.1% on-month and 33.9% year-on-year to 738,700 tonnes in June, according to...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Hoa Sen posts nine-month output of 1.32mt
Hoa Sen Group (HSG) estimates consolidated output totalled 1.32 million tonnes in the first nine months...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Hoa Phat Long An cleared to double capacity
Hoa Phat Long An Steel Products has received a new environmental permit allowing it to double...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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ASEAN wire rod import markets soften
The ASEAN import market for Chinese wire rod remains muted, Kallanish notes. Offers for 6.5mm Q195...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Japan develops black bark pellets for steel decarbonisation
A new biomass fuel technology in Japan could provide steelmakers with an additional pathway to reduce...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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JSW’s Piombino rail mill idled, workers to strike
The rail mill at JSW Steel's Italian subsidiary in Piombino has been idled since 16 July...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Ferrexpo production rebounds, continues to seek share issue
Ferrexpo remains in talks with its largest shareholder to back a $100 million share issue designed...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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EU coil price hikes not travelling downstream
The recent price increase announcements by northwestern European coil mills will not result in more favourable...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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India's apex court backs government iron ore royalty
India's Supreme Court has upheld the government's method of calculating iron ore royalty, confirming that miners...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Baosteel, Angang Group raise flats prices for August
China’s leading steel mill, Baosteel, will raise its flat-rolled steel prices by CNY 50/tonne ($7.4/t) in...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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India’s June auto retail sales hit record high
India's automobile retail sales rose 21.83% year-on-year in June to a record 2.56 million units, marking...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Tenaris boosts clean energy production in Italy
Pipe maker Tenaris intends to boost its renewable energy production for its Italian facilities over the...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Imported rebar hits low in Hong Kong, Singapore
The Singapore rebar import market has softened further this week amid a cloudy global economic outlook,...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Taiwan scrap prices hit four-month low
Taiwan's scrap market has remained under pressure this week as subdued rebar demand and sluggish construction...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Chinese steel futures stabilise despite inventory decline
Chinese rebar and hot-rolled coil futures remained stable on Thursday despite a decline in total inventories...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Bengang Plates loss widens, Valin profit slides
Listed Bengang Steel Plates, and Valin Steel, two Chinese mills each with crude steel production capacity...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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Japan’s May steel orders plunge to nine-month low
Japanese ordinary steel orders plummeted 13.4% month-on-month in May to a nine-month low of 4.28 million...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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BHP's BMA lifts FY26 steelmaking coal output
Global miner BHP says its BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) joint venture increased steelmaking coal production by...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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BHP announces $900m Ministers North iron ore project
Global miner BHP has announced a $900 million investment (100% basis) in the Ministers North project,...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026
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BHP reports record fiscal 2026 iron ore output
Global miner BHP reported a 1% on-year increase in iron ore production to a record 265...
Kallanish — Steel & Scrap · 16 Jul 2026