30 August 2016 07:18 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Yesterday the official report into the Samarco Tailings Dam failure in Brazil was released. A website has been created to allow the report to be downloaded. The investigation documents a long series of management problems at the site prior to the final collapse.
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25 April 2016 07:26 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Espirito Santo rock joint collapses There is an extraordinary video on Facebook showing massive collapses of sheeting joints in Espirito Santo Brazil. I cannot embed the video, but really recommend that you take a look. This is the moment of collapse: . The collapse occurred in Pancas County of Espirito Santo in an area of granite massifs. The video was posted by Heinrich Theodor Frank, who provides the following comment …
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27 March 2016 08:07 in landslide video by Dave Petley
A new video has appeared on Youtube showing the remarkable mudflow released by the Samarco Tailings dam failure in Brazil in 2015
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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
17 June 2014 06:56 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Whilst World Cup 2014 is ongoing in Brazil, a large landslide struck the host city of Natal on Friday, destroying 15 homes
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9 January 2014 07:36 in landslide video by Dave Petley
A new video has emerged on Youtube, showing a ground collapse event in Abaetetuba, Brazil. Whilst reported as a sinkhole opening, this is likely to be a riverbank collapse event
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18 December 2013 23:01 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A new landslide video has emerge on Youtube, showing a translational slide that occurred on Tuesday in Sardoá, Minas Gerais, Brazil
26 September 2013 08:22 in landslide costs by Dave Petley
Two recent examples, from Brazil and Utah, demonstrate the potentially enormous financial impacts of landslides on the mining industry
Tags: brazil, featured, landslide costs, mine, mining, quarry, USA
3 April 2013 10:44 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Reader Raphael Rocha has kindly provided more information about the riverbank collapse landslide in Brazil last week, which killed six people
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2 April 2013 08:45 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A floating dock at Santana in Brazil collapsed on Thursday night, killing six people. The cause was probably the catastrophic collapse of the quay in a landslide
Tags: brazil, fill slide, landslide report
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