Former Ilva, decree approved in the Cdm: measures for plant continuity. Genoa workers pull out of garrison

The Council of Ministers gave the go-ahead to the decree-law introducing urgent measures to ensure the continuation of production activities at the former Ilva plants, protect workers and award compensation to the territory. As explained in a note by Mimit, among the novelties, the decree authorises Acciaierie d'Italia in extraordinary administration to use the 108 million residual of the bridging loan - indispensable resources to guarantee the continuity of the plants - until February 2026, the date on which the tender procedure to identify the winning bidder is expected to be concluded. The remaining EUR 92 million of the financing has already been allocated to essential work on the blast furnaces, ordinary and extraordinary maintenance, and environmental investments connected to the new AIA and the Restart Plan.

On the workers' side, the decree allocates an additional EUR 20 million for the two-year period 2025-2026, allowing the State to take charge of the integration of up to 75 per cent of the Cigs treatment, which up to now has been borne directly by AdI in extraordinary administration. The measure also intervenes on the Fund for compensation to the owners of buildings in the Tamburi district, allowing the residual sums for 2025 to be used to supplement the partial compensation for claims submitted the previous year. Finally, compensation is granted to AdI for subsidies for energy-intensive (energy-intensive) companies, in particular for discounts on energy supplies and Ets

Meanwhile, at the request of the trade unions and local authorities, Adolfo Urso, the Minister for Enterprise and Made in Italy (Mimit) has called for a meeting on the future of the former Ilva plants in northern Italy with representatives of the workers and territories concerned on Friday 28 November at 3.30 p.m. at Palazzo Piacentini in Rome - the Mimit headquarters in Via Veneto.

The meeting will cover the sites of Genoa-Cornigliano (Liguria), Novi Ligure and Racconigi (Piedmont), with the aim of updating the parties also in the light of the plant maintenance and worker training plan presented by the Commissioners at the last meeting of the Ilva Table at Palazzo Chigi.

After the meeting in the prefecture and the assembly in the square in Cornigliano, the ex-Ilva workers demobilised the garrison. The decision to open a table on the former Ilva plants in Northern Italy was the request that had brought the employees and workers of the steel plant to the square. 'This is an important first step,' say the unions, 'On the 28th we will go to Rome to see what the government's answers are