据国外媒体10月5日纽约报道,自去年12月份达到顶峰以来,美国采矿业的作业人数今年已连续第九个月减少。
根据美国劳动统计局10月2日发表的9月份就业报告,美国采矿业9月份失去了1.03万个工作岗位,而支持采矿活动部门9月份减少了7200个工作岗位,其中油气开采行业裁减了1100个工作岗位。
尽管美国9月份就业增加了14.2万个工作岗位,然而,9月份的失业率没有变化,仍维持在5.1%。美国的油气公司在最近的几个月里一直在设法应对低油价环境。许多油气公司选择了实施成本削减战略,其中包括关闭钻机、取消项目和裁减雇员。
美国第二大天然气生产公司切萨皮克能源公司9月29日宣布,该公司已削减了15%的劳动力或740名雇员,其中大部分被削减工作岗位是在该公司在俄克拉荷马城的总部。
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Mining Jobs Decline by 10,300 in September
World Energy Informations
Monday, October 05, 2015
U.S. jobs in mining declined for the ninth consecutive month, since peaking in December 2014. According to the September jobs report released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 10,300 mining jobs were lost in September, with support activities for mining decreasing by 7,200. Jobs in oil and gas extraction declined by 1,100. These figures are seasonally adjusted.
Despite employment gains of 142,000 jobs in September and an unchanging unemployment rate of 5.1 percent. Oil and gas companies have tried to cope with the low oil price environment for several months. Many companies have chosen to implement cost-cutting strategies which include shutting down rigs, cancelling projects and laying off employees.
Chesapeake Energy announced Sept. 29 that it had cut 15 percent of its workforce, or 740 employees. A majority of the job cuts were at their Oklahoma City headquarters.