The government has received
"expressions of interest from 15 international and and national
players" for the troubled former ILVA steel works in Taranto,
Business and Made in Italy Minister Adolfo Urso said Saturday
after the closure of the preliminary phase of an international
tender for the facility.
"Some have presented an expression of interest for the entire
production asset and others for parts of the assets" Urso said
on the sidelines of an event in Catania about the plant, which
has been renamed Acciarierie d'Italia (AdI).
The steelworks, which has some 11,000 employees, was put into
special administration by the government at the start of the
year and AdI declared insolvent after the multinational
ArcelorMittal's term as the majority stakeholder ended
acrimoniously.
The plant has been the subject of legal battles over its impact
on the environment and on local people's health for many years.
In 2019, the European Court of Human Rights found that the
steelworks had a significant negative impact on the environment
and the health of local residents.
Previous owners the Riva family were convicted of causing higher
than normal cancer rates in Taranto, especially among children.
In March former AdI CEO Lucia Morselli was put under
investigation in Taranto for alleged environmental and
health-and-safety felonies along with former plant director
Alessandro Labile.
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