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6 August 2013
Digging for gold in Paraguay
In Capiata, Paraguay, 20 men are making a bold attempt to win a Darwin Award by excavating an unsupported pit to try to find a trove of 12 tonnes of gold
30 March 2013
News of the Tibet gold mine landslide
New images have been posted on Xinhua of the huge landslide at the Jiama mine in Tibet yesterday. This is an unusually large quarry landslide; there is little hope for the 83 victims
2 March 2009
Landslide buries a gold mining village in Peru
Reuters is reporting that at least 10 people have been killed and a further 30 are missing after a landslide struck the gold mining village of Huanchumay, which is situated in a remote part of Carabaya province. They quote a civil defence official, Victor Ibanez, as having said: “We have 10 dead so far and five wounded. We have no accurate data for the missing but are talking about 30 …
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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