Evraz North America to lay off 200 workers at Canadian plant

Monday, 02 May 2016 14:03:51 (GMT+3)   |   San Diego
       

Evraz North America will lay off nearly 200 workers at its operations in Regina, Canada this week; about 65 to 70 workers at its steel mill and about 130 at its pipe facilities.

“Effective May 7, there’ll be around the 120-130 mark (workers laid off),” said Mike Day, president of USAW Local 5890, to local media.

“That’s on the pipe side. They’ve already (issued) layoff notices for the steel side (effective May 1) — they had about 60 or 65 people off there. So we’re looking at close to 200 people that’ll be laid off.”

Day attributed the layoffs to the slowdown in the oil industry, specifically the absence of major energy pipeline projects in Canada and the U.S.

Day said there would be more layoffs later this month, with a maintenance shutdown at the 24-inch pipe mill for a couple of weeks. The large-diameter spiral pipe mill is still running with a full workforce.

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