Former Ilva put into extraordinary administration. Taranto works, once the largest in Europe, currently employs most 10,000 workers.
Previous owners the Riva family were convicted of causing higher than normal cancer rates in Taranto, especially among children. The plant has racked up debts of over three billion euros and is currently struggling to pay gas and electricity bills, or its suppliers, who received assurances from the government Mondaynight. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA.