WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman offered testimony Tuesday urging the International Trade Commission to protect U.S. steel companies during a final determination hearing on antidumping and countervailing duties on cold-rolled, hot-rolled, and corrosion-resistant steel flat products.…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Spurred by healthy auto sales, the economy of northeastern Ohio, including the Mahoning Valley, “is at cruising speed,” the economics department of PNC Financial Services Group said Monday. The economy, “inching forward,” would be stronger “had it…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – ValleyCare Health System of Ohio says it its cutting the equivalent of 68 full-time equivalent employees at Northside Medical Center, one of three hospitals it operates in the Mahoning Valley. ValleyCare is a subsidiary of Tennessee-based Community…
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO – Despite a sluggish start to the year, orders from manufacturers are rising, an indicator that the regional manufacturing economy is beginning to pick up steam. So say industrial suppliers in the region. “We’re usually the last to…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A recently released state report that quantifies shale-related employment in Ohio shows the state’s oil and gas industry at a high point – 193,755 jobs. Trouble is the state’s numbers stop at the second quarter of 2015…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The final official notice that Parker Hannifin will close its Gear Pump plant at 2701 Intertech Drive has been received the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services. The WARN notice, required by the Workers Adjustment and…
BROOKFIELD, Ohio – A spokesman for TMK IPSCO confirms the company has apprised employees at its threading operation here of potential layoffs, but emphasized that it has no intentions of closing the mill. “We have no plans to close the…
BROOKFIELD, Ohio – The oil and gas downturn caught up with TMK IPSCO’s plant here Wednesday as employees learned the pipe-threading mill could close in two months unless market conditions greatly improve. Letters were circulated to about 100 employees informing…
FORT WORTH, Texas – Range Resources Corp. announced Tuesday that it would place 55 employees on layoff because of low natural gas prices. Thirty-one of the affected employees work in Washington County in southwestern Pennsylvania, the company said. “Low commodity…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Vallourec SA, the parent of pipe and tube manufacturer Vallourec Star, reports that it plans to cut more than 2,600 jobs and raise $1.08 billion in an effort to adjust to the slumping oil and gas market.…
WARREN, Ohio – Warren Steel Holdings LLC, the company that partially resurrected the former CSC Ltd./Copperweld Steel plant on Mahoning Avenue in Champion Township, is effectively shut down for good, the company and a union representative confirmed Monday. The company…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The president of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, or OOGA, says that he can’t recall a more troubled period for his industry and members of his organization. “I really cannot remember a more difficult and challenging…
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