Michele Emiliano, the governor of the southern Italian region of Puglia, and Rinaldo Melucci, the mayor of Taranto, where Ilva’s largest steel plant is located, have appealed the Italian government’s approval of the environmental plan put forward by ArcelorMittal in its prospective joint takeover of Ilva.
Ilva has previously been accused by the EU of causing serious health and environmental problems in the Taranto area, but the AM Investco investment consortium led by ArcelorMittal, whose bid for Ilva was accepted by the Italian government earlier this year, has pledged more than €2 billion ($2.37 billion) in environmental clean-up funds.
In response to the appeal, Calenda announced a freeze on negotiations between AM Investco...
