They're All Out: 33 Miners Raised Safely In Chile

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Chilean miners sign Hollywood film deal

The 33 miners rescued in Chile last October after spending 69 days trapped underground are to have their astonishing story of survival made into a Hollywood film.

By Fiona Govan
1:18PM BST 25 Jul 2011

The men have sold the film rights to the Hollywood producer responsible for the Oscar winning movie Black Swan and have promised to give a no-holds-barred account of their ordeal.

"This is the only official and authorized film about what we lived in the San Jose mine," said Juan Andres Illanes, one of "Los 33", as they have become known. "Much of our story has never been told."

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13 October 2011 Last updated at 04:35 ET

Chilean mines: Safety still an issue, a year on from 'Los 33'

By Gideon Long BBC News, Santiago

A year after Chile's 33 miners were hauled to safety in the Atacama Desert, working conditions at the thousands of mines dotted across the country appear to have improved.

The number of deaths from mining accidents in Chile has more than halved - to 12 in the first half of this year from 27 in the same period in 2010.

The government has kept its promise to increase the number of mine inspectors from 18 at the time of last year's accident to 45 now. Those officials have carried out more than 3,800 inspections this year, compared with fewer than 2,600 in the entire year 2010.

In July, the government sent a draft bill to parliament to overhaul mine safety regulation, describing it as the most important legislation in the area in 30 years. It will lead to the creation of a separate agency dedicated exclusively to mine safety.

"After what happened at the San Jose mine, mine safety became a key objective for the government," Chile's Mining Minister Hernan de Solminihac said on Wednesday. "We've more than doubled the number of inspectors, which will help us control mine safety."

But despite this progress, there is still work to be done.

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