“The Presidency of the Council has informed us that Glencore has not yet given the response it expected for January 20th. In the meantime, the MiSE is working with an energy manager willing to reach a long-term bilateral agreement. This using the first 2 years of super-interruptibility and the subsequent years of interruptibility which bring the price closer to that envisaged in the Memorandum of Undetstanding and in any case already now the lowest price in all of Europe with an average price for 10 years below €30/MW ”. The general secretary of the Fim Cisl, Marco Bentivogli, said yesterday with reference to the former Alcoa, after meeting together with the counterparts of Fiom and Uilm (Mario Ghini and Rosario Rappa) the undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council Claudio De Vincenti and the president of the Region of Sardinia Francesco Pigliaru.
“The Government – he added – will work further on an overall offer and will set up a meeting with Glencore within the month of February to have a definitive answer. The Government has informed us that it has recalled Alcoa, after allowing access to the data room, allowing the visit to Sider Alloys to complete the useful picture to have a picture of complete information to present an industrial and financial plan and formulate its offer .
Bentivogli underlined that “in addition to the price of energy, it is necessary to know Glencore's real intentions, which must be clarified as soon as possible. The related workers are without any income, soon even the Alcoa workers. It is unacceptable that after 4 years of struggle and promises and illusions the workers are without prospects. We want the Government all in the field for a positive solution. If the government wants to talk about recovery, we'll know if the fate of Italy's poorest province changes. Some kids are packing their bags to emigrate, this is a defeat for everyone, if we lose in this dispute, it will be a defeat for everyone. Renzi remember the commitment made in May with the workers for a positive solution”.
The next meeting will be held on 7 March 2016 at 14 pm at the MiSE. The Government, according to the Fim Cisl, has confirmed its willingness not to consider the dispute closed.
