Italy Lower House Approves Plan to Save Ilva Plant
12/19/2012 - Italy's lower house of parliament on Wednesday approved legislation to keep the troubled ILVA steel plant going during a two-year clean-up to resolve environmental concerns.
Italy's lower house of parliament on Wednesday approved legislation to keep the troubled ILVA steel plant going during a two-year clean-up to resolve environmental concerns.
The Chamber of Deputies approved the decree by 421 to 21 votes. It will now move to the Senate for final approval.
The future of Europe's biggest steel plant, an employer of thousands in southern Italy, had hung in the balance after magistrates ordered it to close over accusations that emissions from the site had caused an environmental disaster…
