(Updates number of rescued workers)Sept 28 (Reuters) - Vale SA said on Tuesday that35 of its employees who were trapped in a Canadian mine hadreturned to the surface and four more were on their way out.
On Monday, the Brazilian miner said 39 mine workers had beentrapped underground since Sunday at its Totten mine in Sudbury,Canada.Vale said earlier on Tuesday it expected all employees tosurface by late morning, but in an afternoon statement it saidthat four still remained underground.The accident at the copper, nickel and precious metals mineoccurred when a vehicle transporting the workers was takenoffline.
After that, employees went to refuge stations and kept incommunication with the company, with access to food and water. Vale said all rescued workers are in good health.
(Reporting by Arunima Kumar in Bengaluru and Rodrigo Viga Gaierin Rio de Janeiro; Additional reporting by Jake Spring inBrasilia; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri, Marguerita Choy andRichard Pullin)