Former Ilva site: Court of Appeal confirms shutdown of the hot area by the end of October

Awaiting a hearing at the Court of Cassation on 20 October

(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - The Milan Court of Appeal has confirmed that the hot section of the former Ilva steelworks in Taranto must be shut down by the end of October. As legal sources confirm, the Court has also rejected the second appeal lodged by the two companies, Acciaierie d’Italia and Ilva, which are under special administration. The hearing, presided over by Giuseppe Ondei, took place on 30 September, with the decision being handed down less than a week later.

The new application to suspend the order requiring the shutdown of the blast furnaces at the Taranto plant has thus been rejected. To go into more detail, the Milan court confirmed that the order to shut down operations by October remains in force pending the publication of the Supreme Court’s ruling, to which two companies have appealed (the hearing is scheduled for 20 October).

On 11 September, the Court had already confirmed the shutdown of the hot area for the first time, ordering the closure of the plant’s coking plants and blast furnaces, and rejecting the companies’ initial application to place the decree on ‘standby’. The decree issued by the same Court of Appeal (dating from late July) stipulates that the shutdown must take place within 90 days, meaning the deadline is by the end of October.

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