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Four on the floor for BHP

FOUR carriages on an iron ore train owned by Big Australian miner BHP came unstuck while being unloaded in Port Hedland on October 5, the company has revealed.

BHP unloading ore wagons at Finucane Island at Port Hedland

BHP unloading ore wagons at Finucane Island at Port Hedland

The incident happened during car dumping operations to unload the iron ore held by the train's carriages. As a result of the incident, according to BHP, four carriages became dislodged and the car dumper...

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