February 2016 Vol.15

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DDT Liners Issue Statement
http://www.ddtliners.com.au/

Clay Liner used to line Tailings Dam at the NT’s Glencore’s McArthur River Mine Failed Moisture and Compaction Tests
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/the-race-to-avert-disaster-at-the-nts-mcarthur-river-mine/7159504

Disused Quarries at Leongatha South and at Yallourn remain the Preferred Sites for Veolia for 200,000 tonnes/yr Waste
http://sgst.com.au/2016/02/big-call-coming-on-the-need-for-landfill

Objection to Alexandria Landfill Impacts and the Failure of the AECOM EIS to Properly Assess Impacts
http://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/objection_to_alexandria_landfill_impacts

Golder Associates, WSP -Parsons Brinckerhoff and Tonkin & Taylor receive multiple awards in Fin Review Client Choice Awards
https://beatonlive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Client-Choice-Awards-2016-FINALISTS.pdf

Court Action in US Over GCL, Geotextile fabric and HDPE liner
https://scholar.google.com.au/scholar_case?case=14446730017343264360&q=geomembrane&hl=en&as_sdt=2006&as_ylo=2016

NT Publishes Authorised List of Mines with Tailings Dam Projects (Declassified) [PDF]
http://www.nt.gov.au/d/Minerals_Energy/Content/File/Authorised-mining-sites.pdf

Email Contact List for Exhibitors at GeoAmercias 2016 Geosynthetic Trade Exhibition (Declassified) 
https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ehome/122547/directory/

‘Use of Bituminous Geomembrane (BGM) in Mining’ to be Presented at GeoAmericas 2016 in Florida
By Bernard Breul, Axter Coletanche Inc.
http://www.geoamericas2016.org/

‘A Bituminous Geomembrane for a Tailings Reservoir’ to be Presented at GeoAmericas 2016 in Florida
By Bernard Breul, Axter Coletanche Inc.
http://www.geoamericas2016.org/

Geogrids Proven for Logging Roads
http://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2016/02/01/geogrid-proven-in-logging-industry-demonstration/

HUESKER running free Coal Ash Geosynthetic Solutions Webinar March 2, 2016: 2:00pm (EST)
Presenter: Lilma Schimmel, HUESKER Head of Engineering
http://www.getvamos.com/events/free-coal-ash-geosynthetic-solutions-webinar-march-2/10816755

Effects of Defects in Geomembranes on Reducing Desiccation Potential of Geosynthetics Clay Liners [PDF]
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jgssp/2/70/2_IGS-27/_pdf

Long-term Hydraulic Conductivity of Compacted Clay Permeated with Landfill Leachates [PDF]
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jgssp/2/53/2_CHN-52/_pdf

Geosynthetics in Geoenvironmental Engineering (Chapter)
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1088/1468-6996/16/3/034605

Imaging Desiccation of GCLs with X-Ray Tomography [PDF]
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jgssp/2/53/2_JPN-050/_pdf

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