July 2019 Vol. 5

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Kalium Lakes Awards Lining Contract to Jaylon
https://www.australianmining.com.au/news/kalium-lakes-awards-beyondie-contract-to-jaylon/

Maccaferri Subsidiary Enters Insolvency Proceedings
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2019/06/13/enerray-enters-insolvency-proceedings/

VideoCast | Geotextile Coastal Protection Tubes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CR68vUAluc

Queensland Government Providing Grant Funding to Construct the 50 Metre Groyne made of Sand Filled Geotextile Bags
https://www.miragenews.com/nelly-bay-groyne-works-begin/

Concrete Canvas Installation at Russian Oil & Gas Plant for Slope Protection (6000 m3)
https://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/7Gw75qtQt8raEw9/download

Hydraulic Conductivity of Bentonite–Polymer Composite Geosynthetic Clay Liners Permeated with Coal Combustion Product Leachates
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29GT.1943-5606.0002105

Maccaferri Releases Financials for 2019
https://www.maccaferri.com/com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Press-Release_Officine-Maccaferri_28.05.2019_Q1_2019.pdf

Filtered Tailings spread on HDPE liner: There is Scope for More Water Savings
“Liners underneath tailings dams have become a world-wide trend, and are generally a legal requirement unless an alternative, acceptable risk mitigation plan is accepted by the authorities,” says Adriaan Meintjes, principal civil geotechnical engineer at SRK Consulting SA 
https://www.miningreview.com/environment/tailings-scope-water-savings/

Bi-Planar vs Tri-Planar Geonets: Benefits in Landfill Leachate Applications
https://globalsynthetics.com.au/biplanar-triabar-geonets/

Catfish Mini-Dredgers Desludge QLD Meat Works Ponds Using Geotube™ Dewatering
https://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/0cdCYuSEre3EJBI

Polydam Seeking Geomembrane Technician
https://www.seek.com.au/job/39236940

NEW GRI VIDEO – GRI GM13 ASTM D792 & D1505 Density of HDPE Geomembranes 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaAU490qCgw

Novel Multiple-liner Design for Preventing Desiccation of Geosynthetic Clay Liners: an Experimental Investigation
https://australiangeomechanics.org/meetings/2019-sydney-symposium/

Engineering Behaviour of Geogrid Reinforced Clay
https://www.ripublication.com/ijaerspl2019/ijaerv14n9spl_07.pdf

Five-year Anniversary Looms with No Charges in Catastrophic Mount Polley Tailings Dam Collapse
https://vancouversun.com/business/local-business/five-year-anniversary-looms-with-no-charges-in-catastrophic-mount-polley-dam-collapse

SBPF Appeals ConCom Denial of Geotube Erosion-Control Project
https://www.ack.net/news/20190709/sbpf-appeals-concom-denial-of-erosion-control-project

Landfill Liner Needs Repairs
http://kimballne.org/docs/Liner%20Repairs.pdf


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