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BHP shakes off safety scepticism

SAFETY concerns are again growing around BHP Billiton following yesterday’s rock fall at the Perseverance underground nickel mine near Leinster that trapped a worker for several hours, adding to already woeful figures.

Claire Svircas
BHP shakes off safety scepticism

The 38-year-old bogger operator, who has worked at the operation for three years, was trapped 1000m underground at the Western Australia mine after seismic activity caused a rock fall of some 4-5 tonnes...

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