August 2018 Vol. 6

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Global Geosynthetics Industry News
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EPA recommends McArthur River Mine Expansion, Despite History of Environmental Incidents (Breaking News)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-11/mcarthur-mine-river-expansion-recommend-epa-glencore-environment/10108052

Design and Construction of Dams, Sumps and TSF at McArthur River Mine (MRM) (Declassified)
https://ntepa.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/553994/
mrm_overburden_supplement_section03_common_stakeholder_responses.PDF

HDPE-Lined Tailings Dam at Benambra Gets Green Light Amid Controversial Past
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-26/benambra-stockman-mine-approved/10039390

Cadia Mine Tailings Failure: Digging Deeper using Satellite Data
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cadia-mine-tailings-failure-digging-deeper-using-earth-adam-thomas

Douglas Partners – Liner Failure and Ground Water Contamination Experts
https://www.douglaspartners.com.au/services/groundwater/contamination

Golder Seeking Civil Tailings Engineer for Perth Role
https://au.linkedin.com/jobs/view/civil-tailings-engineer-at-golder-associates-ltd-799000578

Plans to have a 260-hectare Tailings Dam Situated Over the Head of the Belubula River System
https://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/5583195/our-say-we-cant-blame-them-for-being-dam-worried-about-blayneys-gold-mine/?cs=105

Phibion Offering Tailings Dam Solutions to Exhibit at Melbourne Mining Conference and Exhibition (29 Oct –1 Nov, 2018)
https://imarcmelbourne.com/glexhibitors/phibion/

Researchers Develop Ultra-strong, Tough and High Wear Resistance HDPE for Structural Geotechnical Engineering Applications
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266353818310753

Webinar: Predicting Deformations of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil for Bridge Support
http://www.trb.org/Calendar/Blurbs/177991.aspx

Short Course – The Design of Geosynthetic Soil Structures
http://gigsa.org/gigsawp/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/FEM_course_ver1_ev_20180703.pdf

Horizontal Seam Myth Dispelled By The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) ?
https://cqasolutions.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8644abd220511157eb0836ab3&id=2950f5ad1d&e=5ea5a41eb4

Synthetic Mining Solutions for Laboratory Testing of Geosynthetic Clay Liners
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29GT.1943-5606.0001953

Reliability-based Design of Internal Limit States for Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls using Geosynthetic Reinforcement
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cgj-2018-0074#.W3KfVJMzYQ8

Soil Reinforcement with Geosynthetic for Localized Subsidence Problems: Experimental and Analytical Analysis
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29GM.1943-5622.0001265

Two Dimensional (2d) Experimental of Piling up Behind Submerged Geotube Break Water
https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/two-dimensional-2d-experimental-of-piling-up-behind-submerged-break-water-2473-3350-1000459-103556.html

Kaytech Celebrates Women in Geosynthetic Engineering
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/print-version/kaytech-celebrates-women-in-civil-engineering-2018-08-14


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