1.   Concession to operate coal mines, oil fields, federal highways and three railway lines were also to be auctioned.

2.   BHP says it operates the mine in accordance with Papua New Guinea law.

3.   A lawyer for the defendant, the Cotter Corp. of Lakewood, Colo., a processing company that operated the mine, said the company would appeal.

4.   Death, because of the way the mine was operated.

5.   Diamond Fields, which operates diamond mines in Namibia, is a newcomer to base-metal mining.

6.   Harnischfeger countered that Congress intended only to make sure that mine safety rules covered contractors hired to build or operate a mine for another company.

7.   Mines are operated by state firms with old equipment and workers bonded to illegal operations.

8.   Phelps Dodge said that it could operate the mine in the short-term using alternate water supplies, but that it did not know how long the reserves would last.

9.   The company operates mines at Broken Hill and Elura in of New South Wales state and at Rosebery in Tasmania state.