BHP restarting all but one Australia iron ore mine

Sat Sep 6, 2008 3:51am BST
 
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SYDNEY, Sept 6 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc began restarting its Australian iron ore mines a day after operations were shut down following the death of a second mine worker within 10 days, a company spokeswoman said on Saturday.

But its Yandi mine, where the fatalities occurred, remained shut as investigations into the deaths continued, the spokeswoman said.

The Yandi mine accounted for about 40 million tonnes of the 91 million tonnes of iron ore BHP mined in Australia last year. (Reporting by James Regan; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)

 
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