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August 12, 2013
Written by Brett Linton
By Brett Linton
According to Baker Hughes data from August 9th, 2013, the U.S rig count for this week is 1,778 rigs exploring for or developing oil or natural gas. This number represents a decrease of 4 rigs compared to last week, with oil rigs down 3 to 1,385 rigs, gas rigs down 2 to 386 rigs, and miscellaneous rigs up 1 to 7 rigs.
Alter Trading Corp. has purchased the operating assets of Iron and Metals Inc., located in Denver.
The latest tally of active drilling rigs increased in both the US and Canada this week, according to oil and gas rig count data published by Baker Hughes.
The US Commerce Department has raised the anti-dumping duties (AD) on imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from South Korea.
ArcelorMittal told the government of Ukraine that it is unable to restart operations at its ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih steel plant in a “safe and sustainable manner” following Russian missile attacks.
The import market for pig iron may have bottomed out, according to sources in Brazil.