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Post by RickB on Jul 4, 2020 14:03:43 GMT -5
Landslide At Myanmar Jade Mine www.npr.org/2020/07/02/886963705/landslide-at-myanmar-jade-mine-kills-at-least-162"A massive landslide at a jade mine in Myanmar has killed at least 162 people – a moment captured in dramatic video showing a wall of earth sliding down a mountainside into a water-filled open pit." "The jade miners were smothered by a wave of mud, which hit after heavy rainfall," the Fire Service said, according to The Associated Press. Reuters says the victims were mostly "jade pickers" — people who sift through tailings to scavenge small bits of the semi-precious stone."
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victor1941
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by victor1941 on Jul 4, 2020 15:18:43 GMT -5
Looks like Mount St. Helen's but no volcano.
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Post by Toad on Jul 4, 2020 15:21:57 GMT -5
Saw that, really sad.
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Post by catmandewe on Jul 5, 2020 12:02:15 GMT -5
Thats a whole lot of energy moving around.
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Post by parfive on Jul 5, 2020 13:13:18 GMT -5
Thats a whole lot of energy moving around. ERoEI . . . took a whole lot of energy to build that mountain of tailings in the first place. Pretty much an annual event over there.
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Post by knave on Jul 5, 2020 17:38:51 GMT -5
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Post by knave on Jul 5, 2020 17:39:12 GMT -5
31 billion per year?? And they leave those piles:...
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