Several companies keen to invest in Italian steel - Urso - Business. Urso: Monday "is an important day" for the struggling former Ilva steelworks in Taranto.

Former steelworks now looks almost certain to go into special administration after talks between the minority stakeholders, the state investment company Invitalia, and their majority private partner ArcelorMittal broke down. Later in the day members of the government are due to meet with union representatives and representatives of the ex-Ilva supplychain.