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6 September 2021
Catoca mine in Angola – using satellite imagery to understand recent events
Catoca mine in Angola – using satellite imagery to understand recent events
28 July 2021
Drone footage of the 31 May 2021 landslide at Bingham Canyon mine in Utah
Excellent drone footage has emerged of the development of the 31 May 2021 landslide at Bingham Canyon mine in Utah
28 June 2021
Kara-Keche: the September 2020 landslide in Kyrgyzstan
Kara-Keche: on 14 September 2020 a spectacular landslide was caught on video in a coal mining area of Kyrgyzstan
10 June 2021
Legal proposals to improve safety on Welsh and English coal tips
The Law Commission has published welcome proposals to change the legal framework on the management of coal tip safety in England and Wales
4 June 2021
The 31 May 2021 landslide at the Bingham Canyon mine
On 31 May 2021 a landslide occurred at the Bingham Canyon mine in Utah, USA. This failure was successfully anticipated through the application of geotechnical monitoring
30 April 2021
Nakhon Ratchasima: a dramatic video of a rock slope collapse in a quarry in Thailand
Nakhon Ratchasima: a dramatic video showing a violent and sudden rock slope collapse in a quarry in Thailand
29 April 2021
The mining-induced Jianshanying Landslide in Guizhou Province China
A new paper in the journal Landslides (Chen et al. 2021) highlights the enormous and very rapidly evolving Jianshanying Landslide in Guizhou Province China, triggered by coal mining.
26 April 2021
The 21 October 1993 Pantai Remis landslide in Malaysia: an upscaled video
The extraordinary 21 October 1993 Pantai Remis landslide in Malaysia: an upscaled video has been posted to Youtube.
7 April 2021
The complex politics of managing coal waste tip stability in South Wales
The complex politics of managing coal waste tip stability in South Wales
15 March 2021
Knappensee: a large landslide at an old open cast mining site in eastern Germany
Knappensee: a large landslide at an old open cast mining site in eastern Germany on 11 March 2020, which was captured on video, generated a 1.5 m high tsunami that damaged property on the far side of the lake
Dave Petley is the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. His blog provides a commentary on landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.