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17 February 2012
Context for the Tumbi Quarry landslide – an image gallery for quarry and open cast landslides
A photo gallery of landslides in and around mines and quarries
13 February 2012
The Tumbi Quarry landslide – on the difference between trigger and cause
There continues to be a moderate level of media interest in the Tumbi Quarry landslide in Papua New Guinea, with most of that focusing on the role of the quarry. LNG Watch have examined some of the documents that the project operators themselves have online and have shown that audits of the project last year raised questions about the stewardship of the quarry site. It is not entirely clear as …
11 February 2012
Continued questions about the role of the quarry in the Tumbi Quarry landslide
Further consideration of the role of the quarry in the failure of the Tumbi Quarry landslide
1 February 2012
Investigating the Tumbi Quarry landslide in Papua New Guinea
A further review of the role of quarrying in the Tumbi Quarry landslide, Papua New Guinea. An independent investigation is needed to explain the contradictions.
31 January 2012
An update on the Tumbi Quarry (Papua New Guinea) landslide
An update on the Tumbi Quarry landslide, Papua New Guinea. The slope may have contained a quarry from an Exxon-Mobil pipeline project
19 October 2010
Two fatal landslides in the earthquake affected areas of Haiti
Problems continue in the earthquake affected areas of Haiti, where over 2 million people remain essentially homeless 10 months after the devastating earthquake. Reporters Live are carrying a story that heavy rainfall in the last 48 hours has triggered two, rather different fatality-inducing landslides: 1. A collapse in a sand quarryIllegal quarrying of sand to be used for rebuilding is turning into a major, if unsurprising, problem in the hills …
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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