June 2019 Vol. 4

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Aquacon Geomembrane Floating Cover the Area of Five Football Fields Fabricated for Bio Dundar Pond by DDT (Toowoomba)
https://www.galecommercial.com/en_au/articles/case-study-aquacon-345-application-at-wilmar-sugar

Performance Evaluation of A High Geomembrane Faced Rockfill Dam In Case of Liner Rupture and Earthquake Risks [PDF]
https://dergipark.org.tr/download/article-file/739904

BHP Plots New Tailings Storage at Olympic Dam
– https://www.afr.com/business/mining/bhp-plots-new-tailings-storage-at-olympic-dam-20190617-p51yin
– https://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/beFmB2B22SZnlLv

BHP APPLIES FOR NEW OLYMPIC DAM MINE WASTE SITE
BHP wants to build a sixth tailings dam at Olympic Dam, triggering calls for a full-impact assessment and rigorous standards
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/sa-business-journal/bhp-plans-sixth-tailings-dam-at-olympic-dam-mine/news-story/6579a4cdb72753c60e0853b8e4669333

Heavy Metal Contaminant Migration and Retention Behavior of Engineered Barrier in Tailings Ponds
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749119310620

Tailings Dams Failure Risks Range from High to Extreme in Audits by Australian Mining Giants
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-06-20/tailings-dam-audit-finds-high-failure-risks-across-australia/11223510

Tailings Dam Failures Cause for Concern
http://www.gippslandtimes.com.au/story/6221025/tailings-dam-failures-cause-for-concern/

Risk and the Mining Industry after the Tailings Dam Failure
https://www.cdp.net/en/articles/water/risk-and-the-mining-industry-after-the-brumadinho-tailings-dam-failure

Enormous Lithium Waste Landfill Shows How Shamefully Backward We Are (Breaking News)
https://www.theage.com.au/national/enormous-lithium-waste-dump-plan-shows-how-shamefully-backward-we-are-20190621-p52054.html

Authorities Tight-lipped over PFAS-contaminated Water Released into Shoalhaven River
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-20/pfas-contaminated-water-dumped-in-shoalhaven/11176532

CETCO Launch PFAS-Absorbing Geocomposite Containment Liner
https://www.mineralstech.com/business-segments/performance-materials/cetco/products/environmental-products/fluoro-sorb

The Use of Geotextile Constructions for Concentrating Plant’s Coal Slurry Dewatering
https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2019/31/e3sconf_iims18_02029.pdf

Effect of Geotextile on CBR Strength of Unpaved Road with Soft Subgrade 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Akula_Prakash2/publication/…../Effect-of-Geotextile-on-CBR-Strength-of-Unpaved-Road-with-Soft-Subgrade.pdf

Geotextile Material Becomes New World Hockey Stage
https://prolandscapermagazine.com/permavoid-plays-base-on-world-hockey-stage/

Geotextile Seawall Construction In Full Swing
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/sea-wall-work-in-full-swing-at-chellanam/article28120042.ece


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