15 November 2022

The impact of the Williamson Diamond Mine tailings breach

The Planet Labs SkySat image shows the impact of the Williamson Diamond Mine tailings breach on downstream communities

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10 November 2022

High-resolution SkySat imagery of the Williamson Mine tailings dam breach

Planet Labs has now captured and released high resolution imagery of the Williamson Mine tailings dam breach in Tanzania

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9 November 2022

Planet Labs image of the Williamson Diamond Mine tailings dam failure

Planet Labs has captured a PlanetScope image of the Williamson Diamond Mine tailings dam failure that shows both the breach and the plume.

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8 November 2022

Another tailings dam failure: the Williamson Mine in Tanzania

Another major tailings dam failure has occurred in Africa, this time at the Williamson Mine in Tanzania. The plume of pollution is >6 km long.

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10 October 2016

Meru Volcano, Tanzania: the largest known continental debris avalanche

A new paper in the journal Landslides describes a 20 cubic kilometre landslide that occurred on Meru Volcano in Tanzania about 9000 years ago

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