Professor David Williams of The University of Queensland is featured in an article, published by Engineering and Mining Journal, that presents insights and touches on challenges, emerging trends, and best practices in the Mining Industry.
This week the Japanese National Group has a special report on their recent earthquake on the Noto Peninsula. The deadline for abstracts for EUROENGEO2024 has been extended. There is so much happening in IAEG! There were many good articles about landslides in Denmark, Sweden and Iran, a large nickel deposit in Tanzania, and a crisis in Mexico City for water supply.
The Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) in association with the New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) is undertaking a review and update of the AGS Landslide Risk Management Guidelines (AGS2007). We are seeking Expresions of Interest applications for the Steering Committee.
This week is the actual date of our 14th Regional Conference in Asia for IAEG. It is being held in Malaysia! We wish the organizers a successful conference! Please send us photos! Tomorrow is the deadline for abstracts for EUROENGEO2024. There is so much happening in IAEG! There were many good articles about landslide-induced tsunamis, an Afghanistan landslide, a Turkey gold mine being fined for causing a landslide, problems with English rivers, and the famous Yellowstone Hot Spot.
The Third International Conference of Press-in Engineering will be held in Singapore on 3-5 July 2024. The organisers have release Bulletin 2 of the ICPE2024 which contains information on keynote and theme lectures as well as the outline of the conference sessions. The registration fee and hotel details are also included. A heavily discounted early bird registration fee is available until 30 April 2024. In addition, there are also heavily discounted registration fees for young persons below 36 years old and for full time students. More information, including the Bulletin 2 PDF, is available on the ICPE2024 website.
Two major deadlines are this week: nominations for YEG board members and the abstract deadline for the 4th European Regional Conference of IAEG. Also, this coming week is the actual date of our 14th Regional Conference in Asia for IAEG in Malaysia! There is so much happening in IAEG! There were many incredible landslides this past week in Alaska (USA), Denmark, California, Turkey and the Philippines! Also, a recent earthquake in Japan created a significant uplift in the region.
There are so many news items this week! A rare earthquake occurred in Florida, USA and the volcano in Iceland continues to erupt! A couple of landslides in India and the Philippines are also highlighted.
In two weeks we have the 14th Asian Regional Conference of IAEG in Malaysia. We wish the organizers good luck in having a super conference! There are so many news items this week! Two atmospheric rivers hit California (USA) and caused much flooding and hundreds of landslides. Blue Lagoon, the number one tourist destination in Iceland, has closed this week as the volcanic eruptions there are very closeby. We highlight a mud volcano and a mineworks failure too. Cities around the world are sinking at an alarming rate. Brazil had a year of 1,161 disasters in 2023.
The Newcastle chapter of the Australian Geomechanics Society is excited to announce that it is planning a one day symposium for the Hunter Valley and Northern regions of NSW, on all topics related to our profession. It is our aim to bring representatives from government, industry and academic institutions in our region together, so that we may share project insights, explore new practices, and discuss emerging challenges.
First, we would like to announce the Euroengeo2024 meeting in October, 2024 in Dubrovnik which will be a super meeting! We also have continuing announcements about the death of the Bolivian National Group President, the Paul Marinos Lecture Tour, the Third Summer School of IAEG this summer, and the 3rd International Conference of ACE Forensic Engineering in Korea in January 2024. News items from around the world include updates on the volcanoes in Iceland and Indonesia, landslides in Denmark and China, and nitrate pollution in Costa Rica.
