Second Australian Iron-Ore Train Derailed in Less Than a Week
- BHP says rail operations restart after runaway train accident
- 30 empty wagons from Mineral Resources ran off tracks Sunday
A BHP Billiton Ltd. train carrying iron ore in north western Australia.
Photographer: Nelson Ching/AFP via Getty
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Australia’s iron-ore industry was hit with a second train derailment in a week when 30 empty ore wagons ran off the tracks in the southern part of Western Australia on Sunday.
The second derailment happened at 7:30 a.m. Perth time south of Norseman as an ore train returned from the southern coastal port town of Esperance, Mineral Resources Ltd. and Arc Infrastructure said in a statement Sunday. No one was injured and MRL locomotives pulling the ore wagons were not damaged. The track is closed.