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Landslide in Chad's gold mine: At least 30 people dead

At least 30 people died due to a landslide in an illegal gold mine in Chad. The landslide occurred on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. The illegal gold mine is located in Kouri Bougoudi, an area in north...

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5.7-Magnitude earthquake hits Istanbul: 8 injuries reported

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Istanbul, the largest city of Turkey with 15 million people. The seismic shock occurred at about 14:00 local time on Thursday, September 26, 2019. The quake str...

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State-of-the-art drilling technology used in a £3.2bn project by Keller

Woodsmith Mine is being developed by Sirius to extract Polyhalite for use as an agricultural fertiliser. Sirius is in the process of sinking production and service shafts down to the potash deposits,...

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M 5.6 earthquake struck Albania: At least 68 people injured

A strong earthquake (M 5.6) hit central Albania causing at least 68 injuries and infrastructure damage. The tremblor struck on Saturday, September 21, 2019, at 2:04 pm UTC. Its epicenter was located...

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Announcing the Publication of the 2019 Geotechnical Business Directory

GeoWorld has just published its 2019 Geotechnical Business Directory The directory is published with the support of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. This is...

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Imelda tropical storm strikes Texas: 2 people dead and hundreds rescued

Imelda storm hit a large region of Texas on September 19, 2019. 2 people were reported dead and over 1,000 people were rescued. In total, the storm affected more than 6 million people and has severel...

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GEO5 2019 Spring Update - Tutorials and Documentation

GEO5 is a software suite, providing solutions for the majority of geotechnical tasks. It consists of a wide range of powerful programs based on analytical methods and the Finite Element Method. Indiv...

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New volcanic eruption prediction model

Researchers from the University of Illinois and the University of Michigan have developed a new technique to predict a volcanic eruption. In the new study, published in the Journal Geophysical Resear...

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Keller lays foundation for Aston Martin tower

Keller's business units HJ Foundation and Hayward Baker worked on the foundation system of one of Miami’s most prestigious, eye-catching developments – an Aston Martin-branded residential tower. Asto...

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Soil hydraulic properties affected by climate change

According to a new study, published in the journal Science Advances, soil hydraulic properties can be affected by altered precipitation caused by climate change. The impact of climate change could re...

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