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25 April 2019
Balakh village: yet another catastrophic jade mine landslide in Myanmar
On Tuesday morning a slope collapsed at a jade mine at Balakh village in Myanmar, killing 54 miners. This is the latest of a long series of such landslides in Myanmar.
16 April 2019
Planet Labs Skysat image of the Hindalco tailings failure
Planet Labs have successfully acquired a high resolution SkySat image of the Hindalco Tailings failure in Muri, India, which occurred last week
12 February 2019
Cuajone mine in Peru: reports of landslide damage, and a fatality, caused heavy rain
There are reports of landslides caused by heavy rainfall last week at Cuajone mine, located at 3,400 metres in the Andes of Peru. A worker has been killed.
4 February 2019
The speed of the Brumadinho tailings dam landslide
The two important videos showing the Brumadinho tailings dam landslide allow some estimates to be made of the speed of the movement.
1 February 2019
First thoughts on the Brumadinho dam collapse video
My initial thoughts on the Brumadinho tailings dam collapse video, which has emerged today. The video shows a catastrophic rotational landslide and flow
Brumadinho disaster: the extent of the environmental impact
The human and environmental costs of the Brumadinho disaster in Brazil are becoming increasingly clear, whilst speculation continues as to the causes of the collapse of the tailings dam
27 January 2019
The scale of the tailings dam collapse at Feijão mine in Brumadinho, Brazil
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.
20 November 2018
Borba, Portugal: a major quarry landslide
Yesterday a major landslide occurred in a quarry near to Borba, Portugal, killing at least two people and leaving four more missing.
17 September 2018
Barangay Ucab: many dead after typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines
A landslide triggered by typhoon Mangkhut ahs killed at least 33 miners, sheltering in their dormitory, at Barangay Ucab in the Philippines
5 July 2018
Cadia gold mine: Planet Labs imagery of the sequence of events of the tailings dam failure in March 2018
Imagery from Planet Labs shows the sequence of events during the tailings dam failure at the Cadia Gold Mine in Australia in March 2018.
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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