MINE SAFETY &lt;MNES> SELLS SOUTH AFRICA UNIT
  Mine Safety Appliances Co said it
  will sell through its German subsidiary, Auergesellschaft, its
  controlling interest in MSA (Africa), (PTY) Ltd, of
  Johannesburg, South Africa to Boart International, a wholly-
  owned subsidiary of Anglo American Corp of South Africa Ltd
  &lt;ANGL>.
      The company said the terms of the sale were not disclosed.
      The company will operate as Boart-MSA (PTY) Ltd, it said.
      L.N. Short Jr, president of the company, said it sold the
  unit because of slumping profits due to South Africa's economic
  decline.
  

