A judge rejected a plan on Wednesday by steelmaker ILVA to clean up its heavily polluting factory in southern Italy, raising new doubts over the future of Europe’s biggest steelworks.

Court sources told Reuters that Patrizia Todisco, the judge in charge of pre-trial proceedings, ruled against the Italian group’s plan to invest 400 million euros to modernise the plant while allowing production to continue.

"The things at stake, rights to health and work, do not allow for bargaining," Todisco said...

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