February 2019 Vol. 7

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REE Uploads New Capability Statement
https://redearthengineering.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/REE-capstat-PAGES.pdf

GHD Report on New Tailings Storage Cell for Lithium Tailings (Declassified)
https://www.der.wa.gov.au/images/documents/our-work/licences-and-works-approvals/Applications/W6212-2019-1ap1.pdf

New Patent on ‘Geotextile with Conductive Properties’
https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/30/ee/c1/89fb75f5acaf36/US20190040548A1.pdf

Tensile and Puncture Behaviour of Geosynthetic Cementitious Composite Mat (GCCM)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359836818339763#!

Static Liquefaction and Strength Loss in Tailings Dams
https://www.klohn.com/blog/static-liquefaction-strength-loss-tailings-dams/

Brazil Bans Tailing Dams After Mine Waste Disaster
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/brazil-bans-tailing-dams-after-mine-waste-disaster-xwzv53cvn

Manufactured Disaster: How Brazil’s Dam Collapse Should Have Been Avoided
https://www.engineering.com/BIM/ArticleID/18557/Manufactured-Disaster-How-Brazils-Dam-Collapse-Should-Have-Been-Avoided.aspx

INDUS Showcase Tailings Dam Experience
https://www.induscm.com.au/CapabilityStatements/Indus_CapabilityStatement_A4_Civil.pdf

Geotest Seeking Geomembrane Plastic Welders
https://www.seek.com.au/job/38319072?searchrequesttoken=33adc06c-8c66-41fd-9696-95942b6b772b&type=promoted

Curtis Barrier International seeking Full Time Welding Technicians
Project Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tclqYQvUtWs
Email CV’s – [email protected] or call 0411 987 531

Kaytech’s RockGrid™ PC and Bidim™, which were used as Geosynthetic Wraparound Reinforced Shoring for In-line Construction on New Road
https://journals.co.za/content/journal/10520/EJC-13dcd2626f

“We Must Work Together to Prevent New Tailings Dam Disasters”
– https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/02/10/must-work-together-prevent-new-dam-disaster/
– https://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/YYPuRXLnW8AZyS6

Golder Associates Appointed to Conduct Review on Tailings Dams Management
http://revistaoe.com.br/icmm-members-adopt-new-measures-to-prevent-future-tailings-dam-failures/

Conceptual Cost Comparison of Alternative Tailings Disposal Strategies in Western Australia
http://revistaminerios.com.br/a-conceptual-cost-comparison/

Extraordinary Press Release on Tailings Storage Safety (Market Sensitive)
http://www.antofagasta.co.uk/media/3468/declaration-tailings-dam-20190205-v2.pdf

Opportunities to be Included in 2019 Geosynthetics Guide (contact [email protected])
https://informedinfrastructure.com/45668/specification-section-2019-erosion-control-and-geosynthetics-guide/

Fibertex SA Working on a Project to Supply of More than 12,000 Geosynthetic Sand Container (GSC) Bags
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/green-solution-used-for-retaining-walls-2019-02-15

ASCE Geo-Institute Webinar “A Data Base and Recommendations on 320 Failed MSE Walls with Geosynthetic Reinforcement”
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07efydb2tiba9a9b68&llr=yonzmehab

Utilization of Large-Scale Rolling-Wheel Tester to Investigate the Stress Reduction in Pavement Layers Due to the Use of Geosynthetic Materials
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0361198119827909

Flood Mitigation of Mighty Phillipines River Using Geotube Barriers [PDF]
https://www.tencategeo.asia/media/556841d7-ea28-4dc7-9469-d39e7f7b14c9/yKvPoA/TenCate%20Geosynthetics/Documents%20ASIA/English/Case%20studies/
Almacen%20River%20Geotube%20Project%20Reference%20(for%20Philippines).pdf

A New Image-Based Technique for Measuring Pore Size Distribution of Nonwoven Geotextiles
https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jgein.19.00005

Hydrodynamic Conditions Near the Northern Shore of the Baltic Sea as a Basis of Geotextile Debris Transport Analysis
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8634862

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