• ArcelorMittal: "The meeting with Prime Minister Conte was constructive"
  • Conte: government goes on but enough with disputes; Mittal available, but not excluding public intervention
  • ArcelorMittal, after inspection, the commissioners denounce: resources to a minimum

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24 November 2019The companies that supply ArcelorMittal claiming the payment of invoices threaten to block the procurement of raw materials in the next few hours. It is when it is emerging during the meeting that it is being held in the headquarters of Confindustria Taranto, in which a large delegation of business owners, the president of the Puglia region Michele Emiliano, the mayor of Taranto Rinaldo Melucci and the other mayors of the municipalities of the province.

Sources of ArcelorMittal confirm that tomorrow morning the president of the Puglia Region Michele Emiliano and the contractors induced will go to the Taranto plant to cooperate with the company to update the accounting, bringing with him the necessary documentation. Tuesday morning, the CEO of Arcelormittal, Lucia Morselli, as far as we learn, will be in Taranto to meet with President Emiliano and close the affair.

Prime Minister Conte sees a possible solution for the former Ilva, saying that "Mittal is willing to retrace his steps". Mittal will not leave the former Ilva. "He told me he was willing to retrace his steps and invest in the plant," said the Prime Minister, in an interview with the Republic. Conte does not exclude public intervention but "not a replacement, If there will be, it will be a presence of support and I would say control". The prime minister reiterated that he had "returned to the sender" the request for 5,000 redundancies and on the possibility of reintroducing the legal shield, Conte said that "it will be the last question. We will face it in the end".

Meanwhile, the company yesterday spoke of a constructive meeting with the government on Friday's table. From sources close to the multinational company leaked a picture of normality in production levels and orders, with the intention of paying 60% of overdue invoices.