(ANSA) - ROME, SEPTEMBER 14 - "The decarbonization of the former Ilvas will be among the priorities of the Italian Recovery Plan". Thus the Minister of Economy, Roberto Gualtieri, on the occasion of the initiative of the Democratic Party dedicated to 'Taranto capital of the GreenNew Deal'. The project, explained Gualtieri, must be based on "maintaining employment and production levels and on an ambitious plan of very significant additional investments".
The new investments will have to "modify the production process by investing in the production of pre-reduced which can be fueled by gas and then also by hydrogen", explained Gualtieri. To those who asked him what could happen if Arcelor Mittal refuses this project, Gualtieri replied that in the event "we will find another interlocutor". (HANDLE).