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26 September 2013
The costs to the mining industry of landslides – examples from Brazil and the USA
Two recent examples, from Brazil and Utah, demonstrate the potentially enormous financial impacts of landslides on the mining industry
13 June 2013
NASA Imagery of the Bingham Canyon landslide
NASA have collected an excellent satellite image of the Bingham Canyon landslide in Utah, USA
17 May 2013
Was the Bingham Canyon landslide the largest historic non-volcanic landslip in North America?
A review of the Bingham Canyon landslide – was it the largest ever historic, non-volcanic landslide in N. America?
6 May 2013
Analysing the Bingham Canyon mine landslide part 2: the landslide track
The second part of my three-part posting analysing the Bingham Canyon landslide using images provided by Kennecott Utah
30 April 2013
Analysing the Bingham Canyon mine landslide part 1: the landslide source area
Part one of a three part series of posts looking in detail at the Bingham Canyon mine landslide in Utah
26 April 2013
An update on the Bingham Canyon mine landslide
Kennecott allowed the media to visit the mine to see the landslide yesterday, and provided an update on their work
17 April 2013
More information on the disastrous mining-induced landslide in Tibet a fortnight ago
Three analyses are now available about the mining-induced landslide in Tibet on 29th March, which shed light on the event
16 April 2013
Is the Bingham Canyon copper mine landslide the most expensive single mass movement in history?
Estimates are starting to emerge of the cost of the Bingham County copper mine landslide in Utah last week. These range from $770 million to $1 billion, which would make this the most expensive landslide in history
13 April 2013
So was the Tibet landslide, which killed 83 people, really “natural”? You be the judge
An official explanation for the Jiama mine landslide is that it was a natural event. Google earth images provide a different perspective, suggesting that it had been subject to the dumping of spoil from large-scale mining operations.
12 April 2013
The unusually large Bingham Canyon Mine landslide – an impressive example of prediction using monitoring
Initial information, and some fantastic images, are now available of the Bingham Canyon copper mine landslide. This is one of the largest mining-induced landslides of all time.
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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