CAVING 2026
Caving 2026
18–20 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.
- Proposals to host a workshop alongside Caving 2026 are due 14 November 2025. Learn more here.
- The Principal Hazard Management in Caving Mines Workshop will be held 17 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 rockmass characterisation
- Instrumentation monitoring and data management
- Mine seismicity and inrush hazard
- Risk management and controls
- Rock mass preconditioning
- Subsidence
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.


