Blast furnace 1 of the former ILVA in Taranto is back on and Minister Adolfo Urso agrees. The Afo, as it is called by citizens and workers, had been stopped since August 2023, when maintenance work became apparent. It is not…
After the partial release of supplier credits, the wait for the sale to be concluded is rising. 15 expressions of interest have been received, will the State really be out of everything?
The Apulian judiciary overturns the first-degree sentence against the Rivas but Minister Urso seems like a merchant at a fair who tries to see a halved factory, without a hot area and absolutely unable to maintain the current…
New government-union meeting: towards the sale of the plant. Among the six possible buyers there are also two Italians
European judges leave decisions on environmental impacts to Italy. The uncertainty about the Taranto plant never ends
Possible buyers of the former Ilva visit the factories with particular attention to the Taranto site. Italy remains the second largest steel producer in Europe
The three-phase plan involves the reactivation of a second blast furnace in Taranto, with an economic intervention of 400 million euros, and the objective of reaching 4 million tonnes of steel produced per year by the end of the year. The…
May 1st in Taranto was a sad day due to the difficult situation of the former Ilva. The workers don't like the government's plan but the state seems to be the only one to guarantee money from the EU. Sales hypotheses
Morselli's nomination as president of Pininfarina offends common sense. Evidently the shareholders of Mahindra, who control the company famous for its design and futuristic cutting-edge car models, do not know the true history of the family that…
Polluting emissions from the Taranto factory are not decreasing. Local authorities write to the government for urgent interventions requiring new technologies. We talked about it with Prof. Alberto Clò, economist, former Minister of Industry
The investigation by the Prosecutor's Office and the hypotheses of crime: the former CEO of Acciaierie d'Italia, Lucia Morselli, is accused of environmental pollution. The then director of the plant Alessandro Labile was also investigated
An agreement was signed in Piombino for the complete recovery of the steelworks. 143 million euros to invest. For Taranto the team of extraordinary commissioners is strengthened.
Former Ilva, the decision of the Court of Milan gives the green light to extraordinary administration. And the possibility of a bankruptcy investigation is looming. Here's what the judges write: "Absolute absence of cash liquidity" which can compromise the "survival" of the company
Turning point for the former Ilva. The Government has appointed engineer Quaranta as Sole Commissioner with the aim of guaranteeing production continuity, the relaunch and sale of the steel group from which the multinational ArcelorMittal is leaving the scene
The week resumes with the liberation of the gates of the former Ilva in Taranto by related companies. In Rome the Senate resumes discussing the fate of the steelworks. How to combine innovation and environment: the crux is there but a vision is needed…
The Court of Milan rejects the request of Acciaierie d'Italia against the extraordinary administration. Commissioners' inspection of the former Ilva factory interrupted. Benaglia and D'Alò (Fim Cisl): "the Government guarantees business, production and employment continuity"
The multinational ArcelorMittal is certainly the main culprit in the crisis of the former Ilva and the large steel plant in Taranto but the origin of the disaster bears the signature of the Conte 2 Government which in 2020 signed an unfortunate agreement with the Indians...
The story of the recapitalization or the search for a new partner to replace ArcelorMittal does not erase the environmental emergency
The steel giant rejects the recapitalization proposal with the increase in public participation - New table with the unions convened for Thursday 11 January
Nothing accomplished at the shareholders' meeting which will adjourn on December 22nd. The Italian government has two options to avoid the closure of the Taranto steel plant: here are them
The Apulian institutions in Brussels presented the economic and cultural transition plan: the funds of the JTF must be spent and the Made in Italy hydrogen project will go ahead. A warning also for the government.
The EU Commissioner for the Green Deal evaluates with interest the project to transform and relaunch the Acciaierie d'Italia plant. Europe needs green steel
The initiative by CGIL, UILM and USB scheduled for Wednesday 11 was postponed after the convening of a meeting at the Ministry for Economic Development
In an interview with Corriere della Sera, Franco Bernabè explains what can happen after the Meloni government decree: environmental plan, suppliers, plant release
From the Council of Ministers 680 million for the capital increase and the penal shield returns. The resources add up to the billion already allocated by the Aid decree. And the unions (but not the Fim-Cisl) confirm the 32-hour strike
ABS, a subsidiary of the Danieli group, has inaugurated QWR in Udine, a 4.0 steel plant, unique in the world for its flexibility. Danieli's president, Gianpietro Benedetti: "In plant engineering we want to become number 1 in the world". The green model in Taranto would reduce emissions…
After the sentence of the Apulian judiciary which condemned the Rivas and Vendolas and confiscated, albeit not immediately, the hot-heated blast furnace of Taranto, the future of the Italian public steel industry is more than ever in the hands of politics -…
Sensational sentence of the Court of Assizes of Taranto in the trial for environmental pollution of the former Ilva: heavy sentences for the old owners and the former Governor of Puglia - Confiscated the hot oven, which represents 80% of Taranto's activity but which will eventually be…
The iron and steel giant benefits from the recovery and the increase in steel prices, but the Taranto question remains a burning one. The unions confirm the strike for May 11: "Situation on the brink of collapse"
The former manager of Eni and Telecom could be appointed president of the public-private company that manages the Taranto plant with ArcelorMittal. The unknown State Council
New episode at Continuous casting 2 of Steelworks 2 - Workers unharmed and investigations underway to reconstruct the dynamics of what happened
The request for suspension of the Tar ordinance accepted after the decision of the mayor of Taranto who ordered the stop to the plants - Giorgetti: "Now more time to find the solution"
The Taranto plant of the former Ilva is once again in the eye of the storm after the Lecce TAR decided to close the area immediately, paralyzing the plant - The unions rise up - Now the ball passes to the new government
Another 400 million euros of all citizens to burn in the Ilva of Taranto: it is the entrance ticket that the State will have to pay through Invitalia - But with what strategy and with what management skills? - You don't…
The mayor of Taranto has signed an ordinance requiring the identification of the plants affected by the emission phenomena within 30 days, otherwise activities will have to stop - The agreement between the commissioners and Arcelor could be postponed to next week
The judges accepted the joint request of Arcelor and the commissioners to postpone the hearing in order to be able to negotiate an agreement - The agreement should be signed by the end of February - The lawyers of the Indian group: "ArcerlorMittal remains in Taranto"
In front of the steelworks there is a large stretch of sea that has been polluted for years by all kinds of waste. The Life4MarPiccolo project, supported by the European Union, involves the CNR, ENEA and the Municipality of Taranto.
Restart of production in Taranto and new industrial plan in exchange for layoffs, postponement of the judicial hearing and involvement of the public system: these would be the starting terms of the confrontation that restarts between the Government and ArcelorMittal after the summit…
Countdown to try to resolve the situation before the blast furnaces go out - The Government will negotiate with Arcelor, but in the meantime it will consider alternative solutions. Unions by President Mattarella.
The passionate grillina Barbara Lezzi would like to solve Taranto's problems by proposing the cultivation of shellfish: the irony of Aldo Grasso in the Corriere della Sera is inevitable and amusing.
The Premier will try tomorrow to convince ArcelorMittal to retrace his steps but, not being able to offer the restoration of the penal shield due to the opposition of the Five Stars, it will not be easy for him to convince the French-Indians to stay in Taranto and…
The largest steel plant in Europe loses almost two million euros a day and the appointment of Morselli as new CEO seems to herald shock decisions
Following the disagreements within the M5S, the Government has decided to remove the protections for the current leaders of the former Ilva of Taranto from the companies decree. Bentivogli (Fim Cisl): "schizophrenic attitude of the Government which gives Arcelor an alibi for…
Matthieu Jehl will take on new positions in the group - Morselli, for four years at the helm of Acciai Speciali Terni will also hold the position of president and will take office immediately
After Ilva of Taranto and Acciaierie di Piombino, Magona also becomes Indian: Sanjev Gupta bought it for 700 million - On Taranto, the shield of immunity cannot be forever but a reasonable solution can be found: just…
Di Maio announces the withdrawal of the motorway concessions to Atlantia which he defines as "decotta" and the title of the Benetton company falls on the Stock Exchange: in 3 days it has lost a lot - Confindustria also protests
The Avvocatura points out critical issues in the tender that awarded Ilva to the Indians of Arcelor-Mittal but does not cancel it -. Di Maio, however, stalls and risks putting the future of the steel plant in crisis: "The state has committed a perfect crime on Ilva". But…
The closure of the Ilva of Taranto, the stop at Tav and Tap, the beheading of the FS, the assault on Rai are very worrying signs of where the new government wants to go with. For the head of the 5 Stars Di Maio…
The leader of the metalworkers of the Cisl, Marco Bentivogli, replies with a hard nose to the intention of the new government to close the Ilva of Taranto and announces a general mobilization of the workers
The government decree law allowed the continuation of the business activity of the factories, as it is of strategic national interest, despite the seizure following the death of a worker exposed, without adequate protection, to dangerous activities in the Taranto blast furnace.
Governor Emiliano has dissolved the last resistance: even the Puglia region, after the municipality of Taranto, has filed the waiver of the request for suspension to the TAR on the decree containing the environmental plan for Ilva - Gentiloni: "Huge plan,…
The Minister of Economic Development contests the Emiliano Governor's appeal to the TAR which risks blowing up the entire relaunch operation of the largest Italian steel industry and draws the attention of the entire ruling class to the future of the Taranto plant.
The rules of the tender and common sense reasons prevent us from overturning the judgment of the Commissioners who assigned Ilva to Mittalarcelor-Marcegaglia - The consortium led by Jindal should have been more daring but sooner - Late…
The Acciaitalia consortium led by the Indian group Jindal relaunches, together with the owner of Luxottica Del Vecchio, for Ilva of Taranto: it offers 1,850 billion euros and proposes to immediately hire 9.800 employees - Arvedi and…
The huge sums paid by the Riva family for the environmental reclamation of Taranto and the industrial and financial solidity of the two competing consortiums (Arvedi-Jindal and Mittal-Marcegaglia) finally remove the specter of the closure of the most important Italian iron and steel pole and open…
The judicial unknowns and the weakness of the consortiums in the race to win the Taranto plant cast more than a shadow on the future of the national steel industry - A few small steps forward instead from the Brescia rod industry with the sale of the sites…
The games for the acquisition of the largest steel plant in Europe are getting underway and Marcegaglia, Mittal-Arcelor, CDP, Del Vecchio, Arvedi and perhaps the Asian players come forward but will more private or public capital be invested in the end? Meanwhile…
