27 January 2019 16:05 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The enormous scale of the tailings dam collapse at Feijão mine in Brumadinho, Brazil is now clear. The dam was 87 m high, holding c13 million cubic metres.
Tags: brazil, featured, mine, mining, Sout America, tailings
27 December 2018 10:19 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The town of Tlalpujahua in Mexico, now renowned for the manufacture of Christmas ornaments, was devastated by a catastrophic tailings landslide in 1937
31 October 2017 07:38 in Tailings by Dave Petley
There is good imagery available via Planet Labs showing the 100,000 cubic metre Mishor Rotem tailings dam failure in Israel in June 2017
Tags: featured, Isreal, Middle East, mining, tailings, tailings dam
8 February 2016 08:12 in mitigation by Dave Petley
The recent Taiwan earthquake and the Samarco tailings dam failure both illustrate the critical role of individual responsibility in disaster risk reduction
Tags: earthquake, East Asia, featured, responsibility, taiwan
17 November 2015 08:17 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Airbus Defence and Space have released high resolution SPOT 6/7 satellite imagery of the Bento Rodrigues dam failures in Brazil
Tags: brazil, dam, featured, South America, talings
10 November 2015 08:43 in landslide report by Dave Petley
It is likely that the Bento Rodriguez disaster was triggered by the collapse of the Fundao Dam. Google Earth reveals the history of the structure.
Tags: brazil, dam, featured, mining, South America, tailings, tailings dam
6 November 2015 09:00 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Yesterday a catastrophic tailings dam failure led to mudflows that swept through the town of Bento Rodrigues in Brazil. At least 15 people were killed.
Tags: brazil, featured, mining, South America, tailings
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