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39 miners trapped underground and rescued in Ontario, Canada
- Oct, 07, 2021
- Mining News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Canada, Greater Sudbury
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
39 workers were trapped in an underground mine in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada but all of them were eventually rescued. The Totten mine, owned and operated by Vale, a multinational firm from Brazil, op...
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Bentley Systems Announces Seequent’s Acquisition of Imago
- Aug, 10, 2021
- Data Management Mining Engineering Geology News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced that its Seequent business unit has acquired Imago Inc, a developer of cloud-based software for the capture and management of geoscientific imagery. The acquis...
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First scientific findings on Myanmar's mine landslide disaster in 2020
- Jun, 29, 2021
- Mining Landslides News On Research / Academia News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Myanmar [Burma], Hpakan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
For the first time after more than a year from the deadly jade mine landslide that occurred in Myanmar, scientists reveal data from a systematic investigation of the incident suggesting that poor pla...
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Block Model Import & Slope Analysis in Slide3
- Jul, 02, 2021
- Slope Stability Analysis Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Risk & Reliability Mining News On Software
- Authored by: Rocscience Inc
The industry insight you have as a practicing engineer is valuable. At Rocscience, we are always open to hearing your ideas. Learning about the challenges you face as an engineer often create opportu...
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Model Structures and Visualize Structural Forces
- Jun, 08, 2021
- Foundation Design / Construction News On Software Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Soil Structure Interaction Deep Excavations Earth Retaining Structures Shallow Foundations Deep Foundations Mining Tunneling Underground Structures Visualization
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Soil-structure interaction is a crucial aspect for both geotechnical and structural fields. There is always an interaction between a structure and its foundation … and its proper investigation is an...
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Why Run PLAXIS 3D Analysis?
- Jun, 07, 2021
- Finite Element / Finite Difference News On Software Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Dam Engineering Deep Excavations Earth Retaining Structures Foundation Design / Construction Geoenvironmental Engineering Soil Structure Interaction Seismic Slope Stability Liquefaction Engineering Groundwater & Seepage Landslides Levees Mining Slope Stability Analysis Soil Behavior Modeling Tunneling Underground Structures Visualization
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Most geotechnical engineers use FEA software packages for their geotechnical design. It is especially useful for performance-based design or in situations when strong structure interaction is taking...
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62,163 paper downloads in 2020 for the ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories!
- Jan, 13, 2021
- Other Geotechnical News On Publications Dam Engineering Data Management Deep Excavations Earth Retaining Structures Energy Geotechnics Engineering Geology Forensics Erosion Foundation Design / Construction Geo-Energy Geoenvironmental Engineering Geomatics Geomorphology Geophysics Geosynthetics Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Ground Improvement Green Infrastructure Groundwater & Seepage Instrumentation Landslides Laboratory Testing Levees Mining Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Offshore Geotechnics Railway Geotechnics Ports Residual Soils Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Risk & Reliability Rock Mechanics Slope Stability Soil Dynamics Soil Mechanics Structural Geology Underground Structures Tunneling Engineering Seismology Visualization Transportation Geotechnics News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering CaseHistories is proud to announce that 62,163 papers were downloaded in 2020. The International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories is an off...
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Mine collapse in Pakistan: At least 18 people dead
At least 18 people have been reported dead after a mine collapse in Pakistan. The failure occurred on Monday, September 8, 2020, in a remote mine situated in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. T...
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Landslide in Myanmar mine: At least 168 people dead
At least 168 people have been reported dead after a landslide struck an open pit mining facility in northern Myanmar. The mine is located in the area of Hpakant known for its jade production. Jade c...
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Sinkhole appears in garden after old mine collapses in UK
- Mar, 17, 2020
- Landslides Mining News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A sinkhole appeared at the garden of a residence after an old mine beneath collapsed. The sinkhole opened in Camborne, a town located in Cornwall, United Kingdom and revealed a mine that was operatio...
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