AST steel plant 'won't be dismantled'

(ANSA) - Terni, November 20 - AST CEO Lucia Morselli confirmed on Thursday that the company's steel plant in the central Italian city of Terni will not be dismantled in any way.
    Original plans by AST's parent company ThyssenKrupp to cut 550 jobs at the plant led to a series of strikes and protests in recent months, some of which turned violent.
    "The intention is to maintain the Terni production site in its entirety, excluding any hypothesis of dismantling the facilities," read a message to staff signed by Morselli and attached to the Terni plant's gates.