Coal mines in the western areas of China experience low mining rates and induce many geo-hazards when using the room and pillar mining method. In this research, we proposed a roadway backfill method during longwall mining to target these problems. We tested the mechanical properties of the backfill materials to determine a reasonable ratio of backfill materials for the driving roadway during longwall mining.
In response to a series of floods and landslides which swept across Sri Lanka between 14th and 22nd May, the European Commission is providing Euro 200,000 (Rs.
El Nino, the warming of the surface waters of the Pacific Ocean, is a completely natural phenomenon which is known to affect the weather in many parts of the world.
Two boys were killed and at least 15 more houses washed away in flash floods in Manipur, and people complained that the administration has been failing to help them deal with the calamity.
A collapse at an illegal mine killed at least 13 people in Myanmar's northern Kachin State, a resident involved in rescue efforts said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of deadly accidents to hit
Sri Lanka Army troops engaged recovery operations at the landslide site in Aranayake in Kegalle district recovered seven more bodies bringing the death toll from the flash floods and landslides to
Following heavy landslides due to incessant rain, several roads and houses of villages like Muolhoi, Khonsai, Disgao Raji, Upper Bagetar, Gilgal and Lower Haflong were damaged, leaving the people t
Ten daily wagers were killed and five others injured — one of them gravely — in a landslide that hit Dehradum district’s Chakrata in the wee hours of Monday.
Hopes faded on Thursday for the survival of about 150 people trapped under the mud and rubble of two landslides in Sri Lanka, as heavy rain hampered rescue operations and the death toll from the di
