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Satellite images of the 11 May 2024 tailings failure at Siana in Surigao del Norte, Philippines
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Satellite imagery has now become available of the tailings landslide that affected the Siana gold mine in the Philippines on 11 May 2024. An interesting image has been captured by Capella Space, […]
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The 11 May 2024 tailings failure at Siana in Surigao del Norte, Philippines
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. At about 5 a.m. local time on 11 May 2024, a significant tailings landslide occurred at a facility operated by Greenstone Resources Corporation (GRC) at Siana in Surigao del Norte, Philippines. Fortunately […]
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Núcleos de hielo de la Antártica capturan la contaminación de los metales pesados y su historia
Un núcleo de hielo que tiene registro más de 2 milenios, sugiere que la minería y la metalurgia aumentaron y disminuyeron con acontecimientos como las guerras y las epidemias.
Posted inResearch Spotlights
Anthropocene Activities Dramatically Alter Deep Underground Fluid Flux
Scientists call for improved understanding of how our influence on deep subsurface fluids and microbes might affect the larger Earth system.
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A significant landslide in a mine at Araren in Toka Tindung gold mining area, Indonesia
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. A low key announcement made in Indonesia yesterday caught y attention this morning. It was made by PT Archi Indonesia Tbk (ARCI), a listed mining company, about two gold mine areas run […]
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The 6 April 2024 valley-blocking landslide at Bijela near Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 7 April 2024, a major valley-blocking landslide was triggered by blasting in a quarry at Bijela near Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina. There is a report about this event in the […]
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An update on the 13 February 2024 landslide at Çöpler Mine in Turkey
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. The news cycle has mostly moved on from the 13 February 2024 landslide at Çöpler Mine in Turkey, but after a few weeks it is interesting to take stock of the situation, […]
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Antarctic Ice Cores Capture Heavy Metal Pollution—And History
An ice core record stretching back more than 2 millennia hints at the mining and metallurgy that waxed and waned with events such as wars and epidemics.
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Ignored Paths of Uranium Exposure Illuminated by Havasupai Tribe
An agency-tribal partnership is identifying exposure risks previously not considered in mining risk assessments.