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Giuseppe PenoneMaple2005oil on linen, solid crystal

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:39:11 +0100

Giuseppe Penone
Maple
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Giuseppe PenoneStructure of time1992wood and clay

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:38:33 +0100

Giuseppe Penone
Structure of time
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wood and clay

forages: Josh Blackwell / Plastic Baskets

Tue, 07 May 2013 15:40:39 +0100

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Josh Blackwell / Plastic Baskets

ancientdays: subtraction as addition raphael hefti, ‘no-one...

Tue, 07 May 2013 15:40:00 +0100

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subtraction as addition raphael hefti, ‘no-one lives here’ 01/17

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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:24:24 +0100

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Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:14:31 +0100

BINGHAM CANYON MINE LANDSLIDE OF APRIL 10, 2013 The Bingham...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:18:14 +0100

BINGHAM CANYON MINE LANDSLIDE OF APRIL 10, 2013

The Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah is the world’s largest excavation; it produces about 17% of the copper used yearly in the United States and 1-2% of all copper resources worldwide. Throughout February, monitors at the Utah Bingham Canyon copper mine showed that part of the mine’s wall was beginning to slip at a rate of a one mm/day. By early April, this slippage grew to ~5cm /day. “We knew the slide was imminent. We had relocated machinery, we had rerouted roads, we had rerouted utilities, we had rerouted buildings,” said the mine’s manager, Ted Himebufth of Kennecott Copper. And on April 10… the earth moved.

The landslide was picked up by seismic monitors and early estimates of the volume of material involved in the slide range into tens of millions of cubic meters. Due to the dangerous conditions, even the geotechnical team has not yet been allowed into the mine for inspection of the landslide.

Mining operations have been shut down, and will possibly remain closed for a year. Richard Giraud, a landslides expert with the Utah Geological Survey, emphasizes that the mine is a large industry that brings a lot of money into the state, contributing $1.2 billion to Utah’s economy in 2011. The effect on the world’s copper market remains uncertain.

The good news is … no one was injured. And no one was injured because of the sensitivity and precision of monitoring of the mine. The re-opening and economics of the mining operation may remain in doubt, but the successful prediction of the landslide is in itself an impressive accomplishment.

Annie R

Photo from http://www.ksl.com/index.php?page=1&sid=24748916&nid=460

http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2013/04/12/the-unusually-large-bingham-canyon-mine-landslide-an-impressive-example-of-prediction-using-monitoring/ (special thanks to Dr Dave Petley for keeping the world updated on landslides)

http://www.news.com.au/world-news/huge-landslide-shuts-kennecott-utah-coppers-bingham-canyon-mine/story-fndir2ev-1226619124124

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865578331/Kennecott-landslide-impacts-global-copper-industry-Utah-economy.html

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writer-b: So, this works.

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:01:24 +0100

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So, this works.

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oxane: PATAKK

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:57:13 +0100

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Bora Bora

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shkatulka-fobij: Pine, Lake Tenaya, Yosemite National Park...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:07:26 +0100

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Pine, Lake Tenaya, Yosemite National Park photo by Edward Weston, 1937