https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A consortium led by global steel giant ArcelorMittal said on Friday the Italian authorities had cleared it to buy struggling steel producer Ilva, but thousands of jobs are threatened. https://www.thelocal.it/20170617/arcelormittal-gets-green-light-to-buy-italys-ilva Sat, 17 Jun 2017 12:40:54 +0200 arcelormittal-gets-green-light-to-buy-italys-ilva In the fields around Taranto, Puglia, more and more farmers are sowing fields of cannabis in a bid to save their precious soil which has been rendered unsafe thanks to years of pollution from Europe's biggest steel plant. https://www.thelocal.it/20160603/puglias-farmers-sow-fields-of-cannabis-to-save-soils-from-steel-plant-pollution Fri, 03 Jun 2016 15:00:37 +0200 puglias-farmers-sow-fields-of-cannabis-to-save-soils-from-steel-plant-pollution Two workers from an engineering firm died on Wednesday after falling into an industrial sewage vat at a petrochemicals plant owned by Eni subsidiary, Versalis. https://www.thelocal.it/20150910/two-killed-after-falling-into-sewage-vat-at-eni-plant Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:40:41 +0200 two-killed-after-falling-into-sewage-vat-at-eni-plant Fiat-Chrysler said on Monday it will add over 1,000 new jobs at its Melfi plant in southern Italy, boosting hopes for the revival of car manufacturers in Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20150112/fiat-to-create-over-1000-new-jobs-at-italy-plant Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:46:00 +0100 fiat-to-create-over-1000-new-jobs-at-italy-plant A blast furnace at an Italian steel plant was shut down on Thursday with 4,000 jobs at risk despite a call by Pope Francis for officials "to make every effort in terms of creativity and generosity to rekindle hope". https://www.thelocal.it/20140424/italy-factory-shutdown-threatens-4000-jobs Thu, 24 Apr 2014 17:25:00 +0200 italy-factory-shutdown-threatens-4000-jobs Italy's Fiat said on Wednesday it will invest €1.0 billion at its Turin plant to make Maseratis, easing fears the auto giant is lowering its role in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20130904/fiat-invests-1bn-in-sign-of-loyalty-to-italy Wed, 04 Sep 2013 19:32:00 +0200 fiat-invests-1bn-in-sign-of-loyalty-to-italy Enrico Bondi, the commissioner of Italian steel company ILVA, will meet environment minister, Andrea Orlando, after blaming the rise in cancer rates in Taranto on the "high rates of smoking and alcohol consumption" in the southern port city and not pollution linked to one of the company's mills. https://www.thelocal.it/20130715/commissioner-summoned-in-italian-steel-disaster Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:50:00 +0200 commissioner-summoned-in-italian-steel-disaster A family in Turin were poisoned after eating pasta laced with a toxic plant, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20130626/turin-family-hospitalized-after-eating-toxic-pasta Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:11:00 +0200 turin-family-hospitalized-after-eating-toxic-pasta