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Landslides induced by human activity are rising

A new study by researchers at UK's Sheffield University shows that human activity increasingly provokes fatal landslides. The team collected data from 4800 fatal landslides between 2004 and 2016. O...

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Block caving: A new mining method arises

Block caving is a new alternative method of developing new mines or extending the operation of open pits. Block caving is an underground hard rock mining method that involves undermining an ore body...

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Landslide at Myanmar jade mine: 15 killed and 45 injured

At least 15 people in northern Myanmar were killed while 45 others were injured due to a landslide on Saturday 14 of July 2018 in the Hpakant jade mining region. The miners were buried by muddy ear...

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Hayward Baker will be at the "SME 2018 Annual Conference"

Don't miss the chance to visit Hayward Baker at the SME 2018 Annual Conference at Minneapolis, on February 25-28 2018. The SME Annual Conference & Expo provides excellent opportunities for sha...

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3D Mining Complex Virtual Tour

The EUR 20,000 project required to create a 3D virtual tour of Italy’s Porto Flavia and Galleria Henry historic mines, available for viewing on the Web, with audio-visual, interactive contents strateg...

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Search Continues for Buried Miners

The search continues for the miners buried in a Mississippi gravel pit. On Friday, June 3rd, the pit collapsed, burying two workers.  As of Saturday, June 10th, the bodies of both workers had...

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Landslide at Myanmar Jane Mine Kills 12 and More are Missing

On May 23rd, a landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant, Myanmar occurred killing at least 12 workers and leaving many more missing. Over 100 workers were in the area at the time and it is unknown how many...

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Independent report blames EPA for Colorado Gold King spill

United States Federal investigators said that engineering errors by an Environmental Protection Agency-contracted team “led directly” to the August, 2015 Gold King Mine spill, which could have been pr...

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Bosnia - Herzegovina: Tragedy in mine

Four miners were killed and two injured due to a landslide in a lignite mine in Kakanj in central Bosnia - Herzegovina. Four miners were killed and two injured due to a landslide in a lignite mine...

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Bentley’s new MineCycle™ Designer Application for Optimal Mine Performance

MineCycle Designer is the only mine design application that enables a single dynamic environment for design, evaluation, and scheduling to dramatically shorten planning cycles and support the systema...

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