May 2019 Vol. 5

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Vale to Spend $2.8B on Safer Process, Hoping to Ditch Waste Dams (Breaking News)
https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/environment-and-energy/vale-to-spend-2-8b-on-safer-process-hoping-to-ditch-waste-dams

Huesker Publishes Brochure on Geosynthetic Solutions for Earthworks and Foundations
https://www.huesker.co.uk/fileadmin/Media/Brochures/GB/BA_Earthworks_and_Foundation_GB.pdf

Solmax will Exhibit at the World of Coal Ash 2019 (tomorrow)
https://www.solmax.com/en/news/solmax-will-exhibit-at-the-world-of-coal-ash-2019

Kerry Rowe, Richard Brachman and Fady Abdelaal, Awarded $587,351 for Studying the Use of Geosynthetic Liners in the Harsh Environment of the Arctic
https://www.queensu.ca/gazette/stories/creating-perfect-research-partnership

Use of Remote Controlled Mini-Dredger for Mining Hazardous Tailings (Presentation)
https://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/hLokVvmKo798iDN/download

Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) Updates GSI Members by Focus Group (as of April 2019)
https://geosynthetic-institute.org/mem.htm

Geomembrane as an Upstream Impermeable Blanket of Embankment Dams – New Study [PDF]
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gregorio_Araujo2/publication/…../Geomembrane-as-an-Upstream-Impermeable-Blanket-of-Embankment-Dams-Laboratory-and-Numerical-Study.pdf

Graphene-Enhanced Concrete Promising for Geosynthetic Cementitous Liners (GCCM) (New Products)
https://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/ZLQpVIkTmqP1WCl/download

Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS) – Supporting Structures for a Toll Station in Brasil (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMGCvk02R-U

Investigation of Friction Between Gravely Sand or Non-woven Geotextile and Textured HDPE Geomembrane with  the Inclined Plane Test
http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=LV2019000126

EurAsian Geosynthetics Symposium, Beijing, China (18–19 November 2019)
This symposium will take place in conjunction with the ISO TC 221 annual meetings on 20-22 November 2019
https://www.edana.org/education-events/conferences-and-symposia/event-detail/eurasia-geotextiles-symposium-2019/

Indian Mega Landfill Capping Project Misses Deadline
https://telanganatoday.com/hyderabads-jawaharnagar-dump-yard-capping-misses-deadline

Geosynthetics in Airfield Pavements (Crown Conference Centre, Melbourne 15 & 16th May 2019)
Zehra Kaya, National Business Manager – Roads & Pavements, HUESKER Australia
https://airports.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/AAA_Program.pdf

Finite Element Modelling of Ballasted Rail Track Capturing Effects of Geosynthetic Inclusions
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbuil.2019.00069/abstract

Announcing New Manufacturer and Installer of Geomembranes in Pakistan
https://shahzada.net/shahzadaIndustries/

Alert – False Geosynthetic Conference in London
https://waset.org/conference/2019/05/london/ICAGCE


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