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Home Product Center Public Company Limited, or HMPRO, has announced a partnership with Tata Tiscon to bring EF steel bars, a low-carbon steel bar produced using electric arc furnace technology from 100% recycled scrap steel, to MegaHome stores nationwide. Part of the scrap steel comes from HomePro customers' electrical appliances through the Trade Old for a New World program. Mr. Theerapong Samphan, Assistant Managing Director of the Construction Procurement Group at HomePro, said that offering EF steel bars this time helps technicians, contractors, and consumers access low-carbon construction materials more easily at an affordable price. Mr. Chaichalerm Bunyanuwat, Senior Assistant Managing Director of Marketing and Sales at Tata Steel (Thailand) Public Company Limited, said the project shows that the circular economy can truly happen in everyday life, when scrap metal from products consumers no longer use returns to the production process through Tata Steel Thailand's EAF technology and is turned back into standard-quality steel bars sold again through MegaHome. Using one ton of steel bars produced with an EAF furnace reduces carbon dioxide emissions by the equivalent of planting more than 180 trees, and cuts carbon dioxide emissions by about three to four times compared with the BF-BOF steelmaking process. The products carry verifiable environmental information, including EPD, CFP, and the Green Label. Tata Tiscon's product range also includes SD50 high-strength steel bars, which help reduce the amount of reinforcement steel used by up to 20%, and CUT & BEND prefabricated cut-and-bent steel, which helps reduce steel waste at job sites by 10-15%. Tata Tiscon EF steel bars are available today at MegaHome stores nationwide.

Oceanic Iron Ore Corp. has qualified to trade on the OTCQX Best Market, upgrading from the Pink Limited Market and beginning trading today under the symbol FEOVF. The mineral resource company, which is also listed on the TSX-V under the symbol FEO, is focused on developing its Ungava Bay iron ore properties in Nunavik, Québec, comprising three project areas — Hopes Advance, Morgan Lake and Roberts Lake — with the lead asset being Hopes Advance. The three properties cover over 300 kilometres of iron formation and are located within 20 to 50 km of tidewater. OTC Markets Group Inc., which operates regulated markets for trading 12,000 U.S. and international securities, said upgrading to OTCQX is an important step for companies seeking to provide transparent trading for their U.S. investors, and that qualifying companies must meet high financial standards, follow best practice corporate governance and demonstrate compliance with applicable securities laws. Trading in non-U.S. North American securities on OTC Markets reached $23.4 billion in the second quarter of 2026, an 88.25% increase over Q2 2025, while OTC Markets recorded $453.34 billion in total dollar volume in the first half of the year, with Canada ranking among the top home markets by trading volume during the quarter.