The infinite soap opera of theex Ilva of Taranto It came to a decisive episode. Today, February 25, the extraordinary commissioners will deposit on the desk of the Business Minister and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, the latest version of their report on Offers to detect the giant steel. A document that has already undergone recovery and increases in the negotiation phase.
Tomorrow, however, the Grand Ball of Strategies will be staged at Palazzo Chigi: the government leaders will meet to put a point – or at least a comma – on the future of the plant. On the table there will also be the involvement of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, called to give his political blessing to the operation.
Former Ilva, the primacy of Baku Steel and the Azero interest
The azeri of Baku Steel The favorites are confirmed in the race for the former Ilva, driven by the Sovereign Fund Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC). While the game becomes more and more intense, the extraordinary commissioners have made a leap in Azerbaijan to touch the company’s reality. A strategic visitduring which they met CEO Aydin Ramanov, deputy minister Anar Akhundov and representatives of the AIC fund.
On the plate there is a check from about one billion euroswhich includes the acquisition and enhancement of the warehouse. The system was positively evaluated, thanks to the electric oven technology used for the production of floors. A non -negligible detail, given that the future of steelurgery is played on the ability to Modernizing plants without sending the environmental budget in smoke.
The possible role of Invitalia
In the ballet of hypotheses, the return of Invitalia to the former Ilva match takes hold. The state company, with a curriculum not exactly exciting in the sector, could return to the game with one Symbolic presence sharearound 20%. A contentment for those who want to see a public flag on the tricolor steel without however affecting the private command.
The minister Urso, after initially snubbing the idea, reconsidered the move in the face of the continuous pressures of the various suitors. Difficult to say if Invitalia’s involvement will be the Puntcello that will make the operation more solid or just a patch on an industrial wound that does not stop bleeding.
Jindal Steel International’s offer and the role of Bedrock
Jindal Steel International has no intention of leaving the scene. The Indians, who seemed intended for a secondary role, they have Instead raised with a new more substantial proposal. In addition to the 100-120 million already put on the plate to detect the assets and 500 million evaluation of the warehouse, they decided to raise the mail with an injection of 200-300 million in the form of a supply of raw materials. A move that would serve to guarantee immediate oxygen to the system, avoiding further bureaucratic hitches.
The possible entry of Invitalia does not worry them, on the contrary: Jindal has already spoken with the government of the idea of supporting the Italian group Danieli, strengthening the operation with an industrial alliance.
On the other side of the ocean, the US fund Bedrock Industries continues to weave its canvas. The Americans promise a monstrous investment of 3 billion euros, but their offer rests on a mechanism of earn-out who did not completely convince the commissioners and the ministry. The idea of a plan based on future results has made more than one nose between the experts, who fear of finding themselves with many promises and few concrete facts.
The meeting between Minister Urso and Commissioner Perrotta
While the future of the former Ilva is played between offers and government strategies, in Rome Minister Adolfo Urso received the Prefectural commissioner of TarantoGiuliana Perrotta. A formal tone summit with a bitter aftertaste, given the political chaos that led to the suspension of the city council of the city.
At the center of the debate, the usual knot: who will take the reins of the factory in his hand and with which relaunch plans, between the flagged decarbonisation e promises of industrial rebirth, With an eye, you hope, to the jobs.
