Decarbonisation, employment and environmental protection and social safety nets remain the cornerstones of reboot of the former Ilva. Yesterday's government-union meeting in Rome clarified the possible buyers of Acciaierie d'Italia. The minister Adolfo Urso he said there are six players to take over the company and the tender should be ready by August. Will it be true? Workers and unions are waiting. In any case, these are the two main pieces of news that have emerged from the usual list of things that have been talked about for months. The points mentioned at the beginning remain the same core business of the complete recovery of Taranto. A failure of the sale operation would set back the relaunch clock and Urso (at least he) would have to draw the consequences.
Ex Ilva, the EU is watching us
The EU gives the green light to bridging loan of 320 million is in the hands of the government which among the six interested operators spoke of two Italians, two Indians, one Ukrainian and one Canadian. It goes without saying that the EU is following the matter for the sums awarded. Second the Ansa among the Italian groups there are the names of Arvedi and Marcegaglia. Among the foreigners there are the Indian Vulcan Green Steel and Steel Mont, the Ukrainian group Metinvest and the Canadian Stelco. Meanwhile, there is discussion as to whether the workers to be laid off should be 5.200 or 4.700 from July 2024 to June 2026. As for the environmental impacts, the company commissioners assured, they are all safeguarded by the environmental plan of the 2017 decree, which establishes the maximum limit of steel production to 8 million tons per year. But there will be no real clarity on this point until we see the new ownership and the objectives of the industrial plan. The environment it will not be a secondary aspect, both from a socio-health and criminal point of view. The accumulated precedents can only be frightening.
