ArcelorMittal to hand Ilva plant back to Italian state over legal row

ROME (Reuters) - ArcelorMittal said on Monday it was withdrawing from a deal to buy Italy's struggling steel firm Ilva after the government removed previously agreed guarantees of legal immunity over its operations.ArcelorMittal reached a deal last year to buy the heavily polluting Ilva, which is based the southern city of Taranto and employs some 8,000 workers in a region with one of the highest unemployment rates in Italy.The promised legal shield would have given ArcelorMittal's managers..