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SMIC News Issue 63 - February 2021 including info on the 172nd General Meeting, Upcoming Events, Industry Reports, Surveying Education Reports, Surveying & SIS Traineeships, and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.
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SMIC News Issue 63 - February 2021 including info on the 172nd General Meeting, Upcoming Events, Industry Reports, Surveying Education Reports, Surveying & SIS Traineeships, and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.
In 2019 Fyfe was approached iby a long-standing client to assist with the planning and reporting for a proposed State Significant Development (SSD). The project required characterisation of over 4,000 structures and buildings (SB) covering an area approximately 20kms x 22kms.
Mungari Gold operation replaced its CMS with Hovermap, and captured rich stope data sets that help improve stope design and reconciliation.
On 17 May, 2020, the LKAB Kiruna Mine in Sweden experienced a seismic event that resulted in significant fall of ground, deep within the site. The iron-ore mine was immediately closed and mine managers began determining how best to assess the damage.
SMIC News Issue 62 - December 2020 including info on the 171st General Meeting, Upcoming Events, Industry Reports, Surveying Education Reports, Surveying & SIS Traineeships, and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.
SMIC News Issue 61 - August 2020 including info on the 32nd AGM and 170th General Meeting, Upcoming Events, Industry Reports, Surveying Education Reports, Surveying & SIS Traineeships, and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.
SMIC News Issue 60 - April 2020 including info on the 169th General Meeting, Upcoming Events, Industry Reports, Surveying Education Reports, Surveying & SIS Traineeships, and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.
SMIC News Issue 59 - Feb 2020 including info on the 168th General Meeting, Upcoming Events, Industry Reports, Surveying Education Reports, Global Surveyors Day, Surveying & SIS Traineeships, and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.
The volume of tailings release due to dam failure has been trending upwards since the 1970s with quantities of material released reaching an average of over three million cubic meters per failure since 2010.
Garry MacPhail, Geospatial Executive Manager for Position Partners, reflects on technology evolution in the last two decades and its effect on the survey profession today and beyond.
