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BHP halts underground ops at Khutala South Africa after fatality

Mining Weekly | January 13, 2012 | 12:33 pm Energy Top Companies Africa Europe Coal

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Mining major BHP Billiton’s South African energy coal unit Becsa has suspended mining activities at the underground operation of its Khutala colliery near Witbank, after a fatal accident on Thursday. The accident occurred…