RPT-UPDATE 2-Iron ore miner Fortescue repays debt, aims to leave junk status behind

PERTH, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group, racing to pay down $9.3 billion in net debt as sales to China soar, expects to shake off its junk credit status by 2015 to seal a spot alongside sector behemoths Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.