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26 February 2017
Kakanj – an enormous mine waste landslide in Bosnia last Friday
On Friday an enormous landslide occurred in mine waste from the Kakanj coal mine in Bosnia, causing the evacuation of over 150 people.
30 December 2016
Jharkhand and Hpakant: two deadly mine waste landslides in the last two days
Jharkhand in India and Hpakant in Burma (Myanmar): two mine waste landslides in the last two days that have caused multiple fatalities
21 November 2016
Siirt in Turkey: a desperate race to save the lives of miners buried in a landslide (with a video)
On Thursday a large rockslide in a copper mine at Siirt in Turkey buried 16 miners. Remarklably, the landslide appears to have been recorded on a video.
15 August 2016
Luoyang, Henan province: first reports of a major tailings dam failure in China
Reports and images are emerging from China that show a major tailings dam failure at the Henan Xiangjiang Wanji works at Luoyang in Henan Province
24 November 2015
The Burma jade mine landslide disaster
The Burma jade mine landslide disaster on Friday was a massive flowslide that is now known to have killed over 110 people. The final toll may be about 200 people, most of them poor miners living in an unofficial settlement.
23 October 2015
An astonishing new landslide video from an artisanal mine
An amazing video has appeared on Youtube showing a landslide in an artisanal mine in Colombia in 2014. Reports suggest that 16 people died in the tragedy
13 August 2015
Shanyang landslide: a very complex slide
A new image has emerged of the Shanyang landslide in China, which appears to have been a complex dipslope failure triggered by mining. 65 people are missing.
12 August 2015
Shanyang County, Shaanxi: another mining-related landslide disaster in China
Early on Wednesday morning a major landslide at a vanadium mine in Shanyang County in Shaanxi Province China killed about 60 people. This is the latest in a long catalogue of mining-related landslides in China. Such disasters should be avoidable with proper slope management.
19 February 2014
Jupille 1961: an extraordinary fly ash landslide
The 1961 fly ash landslide at Jupille in Belgium killed 11 people. A new paper resurrects the idea that air fluidization may have been the key mechanism
6 January 2014
New paper review – seismic data generated by the Bingham Canyon landslide
A new paper examines the geophysical data generated by the Bingham Canyon landslide, showing the rock avalanches induced tectonic aftershocks.
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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