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20 January 2020
Brumadinho: the Expert Panel report on the failure of the Feijão tailings dam
Last month the official Expert Panel released its report on the Feijao tailings dam disaster at Brumadinho in Brazil, which killed over 300 people.
4 October 2019
Nosso Senhora do Livramento: another tailings dam failure in Brazil
On 1st October 2019, another significant tailings dam failure occurred in Brazil, this time at Nosso Senhora do Livramento in Mato Grosso.
20 September 2019
The 1985 Stava tailings dam disaster
The failure of the Stava tailings dam in Trento, Italy in 1985 generated a mudflow that killed 268 people downstream of the facility.
30 July 2019
Baikalsk: a horrifying example of a high risk waste storage facility in Russia
13 large waste storage ponds at Baikalsk, on the banks of Lake Baikal, appear to be exceptionally vulnerable to landslides and debris flows.
28 July 2019
The Cobriza Mine tailings failure: a high resolution image from Planet Labs
Planet Labs have kindly collected a high resolution SkySat image of the Cobriza Mine tailings failure in Peru, which happened on 10th July 2019.
16 July 2019
Cobriza, Peru: another significant tailings dam failure
On 10th July 2019 another significant tailings dam failure occurred, this time at the Cobriza mine in Peru, releasing cyanide pollution into the Rio Mantaro
28 May 2019
Gongo Soco mine: another potential tailings dam failure in Brazil
In Brazil another tailings dam, at the Gongo Soco mine in Barão de Cocais to the east of Belo Horizonte, is at risk of failure due to a rock wall collapse.
13 May 2019
Tailings dam failures: an interesting perspective article in Science
A Perspectives article in Science (Santamarina et al. 2019) argues that we need a better understanding of the processes leading to tailings dam failures as well as greatly improved management and regulation of tailings facilities
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
13 April 2019
Hindalco, Muri: another tailings failure, this time in India
On 9th April 2019 yet another significant tailings failure occurred, this time at the Hindalco works at Muri in Jharkhand, India
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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