Business Minister and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso spoke of “autonomous enhancement” for the system ex ilva of Cornigliano, a Genoa. According to what reported by Dailythe Ministry would be opening up to the possibility of a “stew” sale of the Italian steel mill establishments.
Urso also spoke of the realization of a electric arc blast In Genoa, in addition to the three expected in Taranto, to increase the production of steel and reach the 8 million tons provided for in the national plan. For the purchase of the plant there would already be the interest of the Marcegaglia group.
All plants of the former Ilva
When it comes to Ilvawe usually refer to the Taranto plant. In reality the company is called Steel mills of Italy And check several factories throughout Italy.
In the recent events that are leading to a new race for the sale of the company by Invitalia to a private buyer, the entirety of the former Ilva was considered for a unique sale. But now the government is opening up to a “stew” sale, considering the factories as separate assets. Among these are:
- that of Taranto, the largest in Europe;
- that of Genoa Cornigliano;
- that of Novi Ligure;
- the minor plants of Racconigi and Marghera;
- those of other subsidiaries that manage collateral activities.
The plant of Cornigliano, a neighborhood of the Genoese west, It hasn’t produced hot steel since 2005. It has turned into a semi -finished transformation system that come from Taranto, in particular through cold lamination. In this specific industrial process, the Genoese plant is the most important in Europe.
The separate sale of Genoa and the new althern
Urso, however, proposed that in Genoa you return to produce steel through the construction of a Electric arc oven:
The forecast of an electric oven in Genoa will allowindustrial utosuffications. The plant will become an asset also susceptible to autonomous enhancement as part of the race.
By “autonomous enhancement”, as mentioned, Urso would mean a sale of the Genoa plant to a company other than the one to which the rest of Steel mills of Italy.
Building a altaporn capable of producing hot steel is very important to sell Cornigliano separately from the rest of the former Ilva. The plant, today, is not very attractive for a buyer other than that of Taranto, because the two factories are very tied.
Genoa works what Taranto producesand therefore selling Cornigliano separately becomes complex, given that the new owner would still remain linked to the evolution of the situation of the former Ilva in Puglia. Alternatively, the new owner should already possess a system that produces steel to be laminated, near that of Genoa.
Who interests the former Ilva of Genoa
If Cornigliano had his own altrophorn, however, the situation would change. The plant could become more independent, producing the steel it needs by using i scrap As a raw material, given that the electric altiforni use an industrial process other than traditional ones.
The buyer who would have shown more interest in the purchase, however, does not seem interested in the production of steel. Second The daily fact, The Marcegaglia group He would like to buy the Genoa plant, but would be mainly interested in cold lamination lines.
Marcegaglia has been controlling a steel production plant a steel production since 2024 Fos-sur-Merin France, near Marseille. The acquisition of the plant came with the promise of an investment from 600 million euroswhich brings total production to 2 billion tons per year, 30% of the needs of companies controlled by the Mantuan company.
The group would use the great port of Marseille To transport the raw material produced to France to Genoa, for processing. A path, among other things, much shorter than what the Ilva steel of Taranto must do today from Puglia to Liguria.
