CAVING 2026
11–13 August 2026 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
The only dedicated cave mining international event globally
- Abstracts are due 13 January 2026. Please visit the authors page to submit your abstract.
- The Principal Hazard Management in Caving Mines Workshop will be held 10 August 2026, alongside Caving 2026.
- Sponsorship packages are now available. Click here to view.
- View the Caving 2022 and MassMin 2020 and 2024 papers freely from the ACG Online Repository of Conference Proceedings.
Conference Themes
- Cave design and planning
- Cave fragmentation and flow
- Cave management and draw control
- Caving geomechanics
- Caving operations
- Geotechnical data and rock mass characterisation
- Instrumentation monitoring and data management
- Mine seismicity and inrush hazard
- Risk management and controls
- Rock mass preconditioning
- Subsidence
View the event brochure
About the Event
The Block and Sublevel Caving Conferences provide a platform for mining companies to be kept informed of the latest technological developments and caving research carried out by industry and academia. The Australian Centre for Geomechanics, a not-for-profit mining research organisation at The University of Western Australia, looks forward to hosting Caving 2026 in Mongolia.
This follows previous events held in Cape Town, 2007; Perth, 2010; Santiago, 2014; Vancouver, 2018 and Adelaide in 2022.
Conference Co-chairs
Professor Andre van As
Professor Deep Mining Geoscience
The University of Queensland
Dr Daniel Cumming-Potvin
Project Lead – mXrap
Australian Centre for Geomechanics
Professor Johan Wesseloo
Director
Australian Centre for Geomechanics
ACG Online Repository Testimonial
Past, present and future cave mining projects in Australia*
| Past Mines: | Block/Sublevel | Argyle Ridgeway |
|---|---|---|
| Operating Mines: | Block Caving | Cadia Northparkes |
| Sublevel Caving | Big Bell Black Rock Cave Capricorn Copper Carrapateena Ernest Henry Telfer | |
| Future Projects: | Block Caving | Perseverance Savage River |
| Sublevel Caving | Carrapateena Mt Lyell (currently closed, may re-open) |
*to the best of ACG’s knowledge. ACG does not guarantee the accuracy of this information. If changes/updates are required, please contact ACG.
ACG Online Repository of Conference Proceedings
The proceedings of previous Caving and other underground conferences, are freely available to download from the ACG Online Repository of Conference Proceedings.
View the papers at papers.acg.uwa.edu.au/underground



