BHP Billiton suspended work at all its Western Australian iron ore operations following a second fatality in two weeks at its Yandi mine.
''All our iron ore operations in Western Australia are suspended except for essential services,'' Samantha Evans, a Melbourne-based spokeswoman for BHP, said today. Mining stopped last night and it is too early to say if the company will have to declare force majeure, Ms Evans said.
BHP is the world's third-largest iron-ore exporter and produced 111 million metric tonnes in the year ended June 30, almost all of it from Australia.
A worker also died at the Yandi mine last week, resulting in the temporary suspension of operations.
Source: Business Day
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