(Finance) – This morning, at the Presidency of the Council at Palazzo Chigi, the meeting was held between Steelworks of Italy in ASgovernment representatives and trade unions to discuss the prospects for relaunching the Group’s plants, based on the restart plan presented by the Extraordinary Commissioners.
During the meeting, the following were treated with care and responsibility: crucial issues of increasing plant production and employment continuity. A strong will has emerged on the part of everyone to collaborate synergistically to find concrete and shared solutions, in order to preserve the strategic role of this industrial sector for the national economy.
The Commissioners illustrated the Restart planaimed at restarting the plants, specifying that the program will be developed until the end of June 2026. Acciaierie d’Italia plans to put the plants into operation three blast furnaces installed in the former Ilva of Taranto (1, 2 and 4) in the first quarter of 2026. In detail, work will be carried out in the next few months first on blast furnace 1 and then on 2, carrying out the necessary maintenance.
Furthermore, it was Tender for the sale of assets at the end of the month presentedwith the aim of closing the operation within the year. The call for tenders provides decarbonisation obligations and is oriented towards maximizing employment levels and seeking long-term investors, capable of bringing benefits to the territories and local communities. In this regard, Acciaierie d’Italia in AS will monitor, as required by law, the obligations assumed by the buyers in the industrial plan.
The Commissioners confirm that they are proceeding with the full compliance with the environmental planas foreseen by the Prime Ministerial Decree of 2017, which establishes the maximum production limit at 8 million tons/year. Furthermore, as already stated, they provided at the beginning of June all the documentary integrations requested by the Ministry of the Environment regarding the operation of the plants and the health impact assessment (Vis) at 6 million tons. Acciaierie d’Italia in AS also confirms the processing of the VIS study at 8 million tonnes/year.
The Commissioners also stressed that the redundancy fund scheme for Acciaierie d’Italia workers in AS will be functional exclusively to the recovery plan. The use of social safety netsin fact, was designed separately from the multi-year industrial plan and provides for a progressive reduction in the number of workers involved (initially equal to 4,700), in line with the progress of the plan until its completion.
To technically define the start of the new redundancy fund, tomorrow, Thursday, July 25, a meeting will be held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Labour between the representatives of the procedure and the trade unions.