Algoma Tubes on hiring spree.

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Sault Ste. Marie's Algoma Tubes Inc. is expected to hire as many as 110 new employees since reopening the former Algoma Steel seamless tube mill two years ago.

The Canadian subsidiary of Siderca, S.A., an Argentine pipe producer, intends to bump up production from 45,000 tonnes annually to 110,000 tonnes and needs more workers.

As Canada's only seamless tube mill, the company has made great strides, gaining a sizable share of the Canadian market previously lost to foreign producers, and intends to take the next step.

Hiring of staff in production and maintenance, many of whom...