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NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. Steel said Tuesday it will lay off about 750 employees from two plants that make tubular steel, which is used in oil and gas drilling.
The company said it will shut down a plant in Lorain, Ohio, in March and lay off 614 workers. It said the move is temporary. U.S. Steel will also lay off 142 employees who work at a plant in Houston.
The plants make steel pipes and tubes used in drilling for oil and gas as well as construction. The Pittsburgh company said it is making the moves in response to falling oil prices and unfair competition from foreign companies.
The price of oil has dropped since mid-2014 and is now at its lowest levels in about five years, reducing demand for the pipes and tubes made at the Lorain and Houston plants.
The company stopped work at two tubular steel plants in 2014 and also filed a complaint about unfair competition by foreign companies.
U.S. Steel had about 26,000 employees in North America and 12,500 in Europe at the end of 2013. The company's shares lost 44 cents to $24.91 in midday trading.
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United States Steel Corporation
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CODE : X |
ISIN : US9129091081 |
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United States Steel est une société de production minière de fer et de étain basée aux Etats-Unis D'Amerique. United States Steel est cotée aux Etats-Unis D'Amerique. Sa capitalisation boursière aujourd'hui est 6,4 milliards US$ (5,7 milliards €). La valeur de son action a atteint son plus bas niveau récent le 28 mars 2003 à 10,01 US$, et son plus haut niveau récent le 30 novembre 2007 à 98,85 US$. United States Steel possède 176 184 431 actions en circulation. |