Suspend activity at Taranto's ex-ILVA steelworks on health grounds - court

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 26 - A Milan court on Thursday upheld a legal petition from residents of the southern city of Taranto and ordered that activity at the city's former ILVA group steelworks be suspended on health grounds. The court added, however, that the ruling does not come into force immediately and will only become applicable if it goes unchallenged. The Taranto factory, once Europe's biggest steelworks, has been dogged by economic problems in recent years and linked to high cancer rates...

By ANSA