TARANTO. The promise comes from Taranto, where the largest steel plant in Europe is located, and it is all in one word: “Relaunch”. The Minister of Business, Adolfo Urso, is convinced of this, as he stopped in the former Ilva at dawn today. First the meeting with workers and unions in a room of the factory, the visit to some warehouses, such as the roofs of the mineral parks, where the raw materials for production are stored, then – again in the morning – the extended summit in the prefecture also to institutions and the economic world where he also announced measures to protect related industries. “Everything will be made safe.” With him, the new extraordinary commissioner of Acciaierie d’Italia, Giancarlo Quaranta.
From the government the commitment to a new impetus for the large factory and the hope of a new “industrial player who bets on the Taranto site to relaunch it and establish it in Italy and Europe”. Words addressed to the blue suits and their union representatives. “It’s not just your challenge, Italian jobs are up for grabs.” The invitation is for maximum collaboration. From everyone: «If we win the Taranto challenge which was the emblem of the country’s environmental and industrial decadence, it means that we succeed in Italy».
In the early hours of the morning there was also a visit to the facilities for Urso. And then, outside, the brief face to face with some workers who reiterated their desperation for a dispute that has been dragging on for years. The biggest concern is the procurement. Many are suffering from salary delays or redundancy payments. “Minister we are without a euro, we are all family men” says a worker. And then another: “Eight governments did nothing, they came to show off.” Someone says that the last salary is in November, “and today we are still hanging by a thread”. Finally, applause for having “kicked out Morselli”. With the company’s entry into extraordinary administration and the appointment of commissioner Quaranta, in fact, the role of the now former managing director of Acciaierie d’Italia, Lucia Morselli, whose work has always been harshly criticized by metalworkers, ceased.
Also from Urso is a passage on the new commissioner: «A person who you have known well for a few decades, who knows perfectly well the entire extraordinary life of this which has long been the most important steel plant in Europe». Only yesterday, Quaranta had met with the unions. Before that, it had been the turn of Confindustria and the Aigi association which brings together related companies, waiting to see their credits repaid. Interlocutions judged positively by the blue suits, to which is added the commitment to avoid the shutdown of the plants. At the moment only blast furnace 4 is in operation.
A timetable for interventions has not yet been established, but the desire to accelerate is certain. Urso explained that we need to relaunch production immediately and then “as we have said and will do, carry out public procedures to allow other investors to really be able to bet on this plant”. For next week he also announces a visit to the other factories in Genoa, Novi Ligure and Racconigi. «We will find the necessary resources for the production relaunch of the site and those connected to it». The government representative is clear and outlines the path to protecting safety at work. «We must reverse course to relaunch and secure the most important steel site in Italy which can once again become the most sustainable site in Europe in the environmentalization phase. We must demonstrate that this is the site of the city and our nation.” Meanwhile, resources are needed for plant maintenance, which will arrive immediately. «With the law decree that we have created, the maintenance workers who have to guarantee safety cannot be laid off. They are the first workers to have to be in the factory.”
In the meantime, according to Urso, steel policy needs to be changed to avoid production in unfair competition. An appeal to the entire EU, otherwise the risk is of “being crushed by those who produce outside Europe without respecting the environmental and social conditions that we rightly want to respect”.
Then the minister moved to the prefecture, where he met among others the president of the Puglia region, Michele Emiliano, the mayor and president of the province of Taranto, Rinaldo Melucci, and the prefect, Paola Dessì. “The State exists.” The business associations present at the table highlighted the needs linked to the accrued credits that must be managed in this phase and to social safety nets. Positive comments from the unions. «An important day with the start of a new path that looks to the future with hope, albeit in the awareness that the problems have not yet been resolved» says the Uilm general secretary, Rocco Palombella, retracing the years of strikes, the garrisons, the numerous meetings with the various governments that have followed one another. Then he says no to the idea of a smaller Ilva, but on the contrary asks for a “fair” Ilva, which can guarantee environmental protection, employment, production and a new relationship with citizens”. For Valerio D’Alò, Fim Cisl national secretary, it is necessary to «resolve those conditions that we have always denounced, namely systems, health and safety and to guarantee the return from layoffs. This is the starting point, now we have to understand how to heal the lacerations left by the previous management.”
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Jio to Launch Budget 5G Smartphone in India in Collaboration with Qualcomm – Mobile World Congress 2024 Updates
2024-02-27 17:41:00
Barcelona: It has been reported that Jio is going to launch a 5G smartphone in India at a budget price of Rs.10,000. It is also reported that it is planning to release this smartphone in collaboration with Qualcomm.
Qualcomm’s General Manager (Handsets) Chris Patrick gave this information at the ‘Mobile World Congress – 2024’ in Barcelona. Reliance Jio is the leading telecom company in India. It sells keypads and smartphones. It is trying to convert 2G phone users to 5G phone users in India.
As part of that, Jio is reportedly planning to launch a 5G phone at a budget price. It is also reported that Qualcomm is planning to design the latest chipset for this. It is reported that Qualcomm will design this chipset after studying the smartphone usage of Indian users. It is also reported that this will lead to a new 5G mobile revolution in India.
Through this it is expected that people will get high speed internet connection facility and also seed other benefits.
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Elton John treasures sweep auction at Christie’s
– 2024-02-27 19:39:02
A famous Banksy that portrays a hooded man throwing flowers, a limited edition purple ‘pinball’ or a Cartier watch that looks like something out of a Dalí painting were some of the singer’s treasures. Elton John with which his fans swept away this Wednesday at an auction in New York.
The author of hits like ‘Your song’ and ‘Rocket man’ sold in the house Christie’s many objects that Until recently, they filled the luxurious penthouse in Atlanta, Georgia, that he and his husband sold last year.very personal belongings whose proceeds were destined for his foundation for the prevention and treatment of HIV.
The Banksy, a stencil divided into three canvases with gold frames, was the most expensive object in the high-profile sale held at Rockefeller Center, with a final price of $1.9 million. which exceeded the highest range, as happened with many other items collected by the musician over three decades.
Today’s auction was an appetizer with fifty outstanding objects that They raised a total of 7.96 million dollarsand in the coming days other sales will follow focused on their photography collections, designer clothing or furniture.
Extravagant
One of the stars today was an extravagant purple ‘pinball’ decorated with the singer’s face; a purpose-built new machine that promised to be delivered with an autograph, estimated at up to $15,000 and raised $69,000.
O his Yamaha piano on which he composed songs from the musical ‘Billy Elliot’ and ‘Aida’for which he received the Tony Award, quickly surpassed its high estimate of $50,000 to $201,000.
Jewelry was also an object of desire, as a Cartier watch with a surrealist gold case that sold for $277,000; a gold, diamond and leopard print Rolex that raised 176,000; or a ring with a huge heart-shaped sapphire, for 132,000.
Elton John also sold photographic jewelry signed by renowned artists such as Richard Avedon, whose portrait of the model Dovima with elephants, a fashion icon, raised $151,000, or Cindy Sherman, whose intimate snapshot of a woman sold for $378,000.
Great welcome
There was even space for things that the singer couldn’t keep in his house, like a Bentley two-door convertible, Continental model, from 1990, which started at around $35,000 and was involved in a fierce fight that multiplied that price to $441,000.
The person in charge of the hammer noted throughout the afternoon the great reception of the auction, which in addition to having an audience willing to bid in person, attracted 25 buyers by telephone and more than a thousand interested parties who followed the action on the television channel. Youtube. EFE
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Elton John treasures sweep auction at Christie’s – 2024-02-27 19:39:02