Italy ready for 'legal battle of century' with ArcelorMittal - Conte
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ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government is ready to fight ArcelorMittal in the courts if it goes back on a pledge to buy steelmaker Ilva, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Thursday."It will be the legal battle of the century," Conte told state television RAI.ArcelorMittal said this week it was withdrawing from a deal to buy Ilva, blaming its decision on a government move to scrap previous guarantees of legal immunity during a massive clean-up operation at Ilva's huge Taranto plant. Conte..