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(AFX UK Focus) 2009-06-10 21:45 Miner trapped at BHP Billiton Australia mine-report (Interactive Investor)
SYDNEY, June 11 (Reuters) - A miner has been trapped underground by a rock fall at BHP Billiton Ltd's West Perseverance nickel mine in western Australia, Australian media reported. An earth tremor sparked a rock fall at the mine on Wednesday afternoon, the reports said. The miner is safe and uninjured and waiting rescue in an underground refuge chamber, the reports said. Mine operations have ...