Canada
October 27, 2023
US Rig Count Increases, Canada's Slips
Written by Ethan Bernard
The active rig counts for the week ended Oct. 27 inched up in the US but edged down in Canada, according to oilfield services provider Baker Hughes.
US Rig Count
Canada
October 27, 2023
Written by Ethan Bernard
The active rig counts for the week ended Oct. 27 inched up in the US but edged down in Canada, according to oilfield services provider Baker Hughes.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has threatened legal action against Cleveland-Cliffs over the layoffs announced earlier this week at its Stelco mill in Hamilton, Ontario.
Stelco Holdings Inc. is indefinitely idling its finishing operations in Hamilton, Ontario. The Canadian steelmaker, a subsidiary of Cleveland-Cliffs, will concentrate steel production at its Lake Erie Works in Nanticoke, Ontario, a Cliffs spokesperson told SMU.
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.
Global raw steel production slowed for the third month in a row in August, according to the latest figures from the World Steel Association (worldsteel).
Metalformers’ optimism softened in the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) September Business Conditions Report.