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22 December 2021
Another fatal jade mine landslide in Myanmar
There are reports this morning of yet another fatal jade mine landslide in Myanmar, with indications of up to 100 deaths
30 November 2021
Ananea: a significant mine waste failure in Peru
On 26 November 2021 a significant landslide occurred in mine waste near to the town on Ananea in Peru.
12 November 2021
An update on the Ministro Hales mine landslide in Chile
An update on the Ministro Hales mine landslide in Chile
10 November 2021
A large landslide at the Ministro Hales mine in Chile
A satellite image from Planet Labs shows the aftermath of a c.700 m landslide at the Ministro Hales mine in Chile between 8 and 9 November 2021. Thanks to @Geo_Risk for spotting this one.
27 October 2021
The cost of mitigating slope safety risk for Welsh coal waste tips
Yesterday the Welsh Government released the results of an analysis of coal waste tips across South Wales. A total of 2,456 tips have been identified, of which 327 have been determined to have the potential to cause risk to safety.
6 September 2021
Catoca mine in Angola – using satellite imagery to understand recent events
Catoca mine in Angola – using satellite imagery to understand recent events
10 June 2021
Legal proposals to improve safety on Welsh and English coal tips
The Law Commission has published welcome proposals to change the legal framework on the management of coal tip safety in England and Wales
4 June 2021
The 31 May 2021 landslide at the Bingham Canyon mine
On 31 May 2021 a landslide occurred at the Bingham Canyon mine in Utah, USA. This failure was successfully anticipated through the application of geotechnical monitoring
29 April 2021
The mining-induced Jianshanying Landslide in Guizhou Province China
A new paper in the journal Landslides (Chen et al. 2021) highlights the enormous and very rapidly evolving Jianshanying Landslide in Guizhou Province China, triggered by coal mining.
8 January 2021
Brumadinho: signs of precursory deformation
A new paper (Grebby et al 2021) uses InSAR to detect precursory deformation of the Brumadinho tailings dam before the disastrous failure in 2019. The authors suggest that the failure might have been predictable with use of appropriate monitoring techniques.
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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