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The 13 August 2026 TSF failure at Dikwena Chrome
3+ hour, 7+ min ago (229+ words) A major tailings accident occurred last week in a Chrome mine at Dikwena near Brits. On 13 August 20926, a major failure occurred in a large tailings storage facility at the Dikwena facility, owned by Samancor Chrome in the Brits area of…...
One Billion Years Ago, Northern Minnesota Nearly Split Apart. Now, Two Companies Want to Mine the Aftermath. - Eos
3+ week, 2+ day ago (588+ words) In April, President Donald Trump officially revoked a ban on mining that had protected more than 225,000 acres (91,054 hectares) of federal land in Minnesota’s Superior National Forest from mineral exploration and development. “It’s official. The illegal mining ban put in place…...
Legal action for the 24 June 2024 landslide at Eagle Gold Mine
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (403+ words) The receiver of the operator is suing JDS Energy and Mining for breach of contract and negligence over the failure at the Eagle Gold Mine, based on the outcome of the investigation by an Independent Review Board. Loyal readers will…...
The landslide drivers of structural damage in Medellin, Colombia - Eos
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (421+ words) A new study (Vega et al. 2026) shows that patterns of structural damage in Medellin are driven by movement of landslides under the city. A new study (Vega et al. 2026) shows that patterns of reported structural damage in Medellin are probably…...
The 9 April 2026 landslide at Lamarain in Papua New Guinea
4+ mon, 1+ hour ago (302+ words) Ten people were killed in a large landslide in Papua New Guinea triggered by heavy rainfall associated with Tropical Cyclone Maila. On 9 April 2026, a large landslide occurred at Lamarain in the Inland Baining LLG of Gazelle District in Papua New…...
On the growth of research in landslides
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (297+ words) Since 1994 there has been a 32 times increase in the number of research outputs with the keyword “landslide”. In a couple of weeks time, I have the pleasure of being one of the invited speakers at the Landslide Risk and Geoengineering…...
Monitoring InSAR-derived deformation in surface mining complexes
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (826+ words) Deformation velocity maps for pre- and post- failure conditions in the 9 March 2018 Cadia Mine, Australia event, where mean VLOS was calculated: (a) before the failure, (b) after the failure. From Wang et al. (2026). A new paper in the International Journal of Applied…...
Gold Mines Expose South African Children to Uranium - Eos
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (757+ words) Children who live near gold mine tailings facilities in Johannesburg, South Africa, have nearly twice as much as uranium in their hair as those who don’t live near tailings facilities, according to new research. Concentrations were especially high in young…...
Another landslide at the Rubaya Coltran mining site in the DRC
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (293+ words) There are disputed reports of another massive landslide at the infamous mining site, with over 200 deaths being described by eye-witnesses. There are reports this morning that another devastating landslide has occurred at the Rubaya coltran mining site in the Democratic…...
Engineering a Cleaner Way to Extract Lithium - Eos
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (332+ words) But what makes the mines so eye-catching is also a burden: Current mining methods using brine require vast swaths of land and water, and removing the brine from underground can cause freshwater reservoirs to flow into the open space, lowering…...