Ground Support 2026
17–19 November 2026 | Brisbane, Australia
The First International Symposium on Ground Support in Mining and Underground Construction took place in 1983 under the theme of rockbolting: theory and application in mining and underground construction. This series of events has evolved over the years to cover all areas of mining related ground support and provide a documented timeline of the significant advancements in ground support technology and practice in the last 40 years. These are reflected in the improved safety statistics and performance of excavations.
Ground support remains the main means to manage rockfalls; one of the major risks in underground mines. The latest developments and applications of ground support in mining are of prime interest to mining practitioners worldwide where the objective is to mitigate rockfall.
- Calling for workshop hosts! Submissions due 13 February 2026. Click here to learn more.
- There is a wide range of past Ground Support papers freely available from the Online Repository of Conference Proceedings.
- The Ground Support for underground mines book is available for purchase from the ACG online shop.
Themes
- Cost efficiency of ground support
- Mechanised support installation
- In situ support system capacity and capacity degradation
- Determining ground support capacity
- Support for dynamic conditions
- Supporting squeezing ground
- Support in high corrosion environments
- New ground support technologies
- Instrumentation and monitoring
- Ground support design
- Numerical modelling
- Case studies
Conference Co-chairs
Dr Daniel Cumming-Potvin
Project Lead – mXrap
Australian Centre for Geomechanics
Associate Professor Johan Wesseloo
Director
Australian Centre for Geomechanics