U.S. Steel to reduce operations further, idle more Houston jobs

United States Steel Corp. (NYSE: X) is temporarily reducing more operations in Houston and Texas, affecting more than 200 additional employees.

Last week, the Pittsburgh-based company sent three Workforce Adjustment and Retraining Act letters to the Texas Workforce Commission regarding the additional reductions.

All the cuts were attributed to a decline in tubular market conditions, which is impacting demand for the company’s products.

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