The uncertainties about gas and Portovesme port, with its shallow water, risk blocking any Eurallumina development and restart program .

These are the two problems that emerged, at the Confindustria headquarters in Cagliari, in the meeting between trade unions and representatives of the Eurallumina company to examine the state of the dispute . Too many uncertainties. And workers ready for mobilization.

As for the first difficulty, the metallurgical company of the Portovesme industrial pole controlled by the Russian Rusal needs gas. Without the LNG that is used to produce steam, every floor jumps. For the second, the excavation works have not started yet and this can be an obstacle for the entire project.

On the port issue, explained Emanuele Madeddu (Filctem Cgil), Vincenzo Lai (Femca Cisl), Pierluigi Loi (Uiltec Uil) with the RSU, "we believe it is essential to proceed with the commissioning of the work so that we can start with the interventions". The question of bureaucratic times remains open: always too long.

"It is good to remember - underline the acronyms - that the preparatory project for the restart of the plant was prepared 11 years ago and modified several times during construction". Therefore, a memorandum of understanding is needed for the trade unions to be sure of the tools needed to restart aluminum oxide production. "At this point - workers' representatives warned - it is necessary to proceed quickly, in the absence of a concrete answer it is clear that the Eurallumina project has come to an end".

(Unioneonline / D)