Caving Mines around the world
Cave mining techniques, including block caving and sublevel caving, are being employed in various mines around the world. Below is a summary of projects and the status the mine was at when the list was first compiled.*
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Mine Name |
Company |
Mine Status |
Mine Method |
---|---|---|---|
Alemão |
Vale |
Proposed |
Block Caving |
Andina (Rio Blanco) |
Codelco |
Producing |
Block Caving |
Argyle |
Rio Tinto |
Closed |
Block Caving |
Big Bell |
Westgold |
Producing |
SLC |
Bingham Canyon (Kennecott Copper) |
Rio Tinto |
Proposed |
Block Caving |
Black Rock |
Glencore |
Producing |
SLC |
Cadia East |
Newcrest |
Producing |
Panel Caving |
Capricorn Copper (Esperanza) |
Capricorn Copper |
Producing |
SLC |
Carapateena (BC) |
OZ Minerals |
Proposed |
Block Caving |
Carapateena (SLC) |
OZ Minerals |
Producing |
SLC |
Cascabel (Alpala) |
SolGold ENSA |
Proposed |
Block Caving |
Chengchao Iron Mine |
Wuhan Iron & Steel Company |
Unknown |
SLC |
Chuquicamata |
Codelco |
Producing |
Panel Caving |
Climax |
Freeport-McMoRan |
Closed |
Block Caving |
Creighton |
Vale |
Unknown |
Incline caving/SLR |
Cullinan (ex Premier) |
Petra Diamonds |
Producing |
Block Caving |
Debswana (Jwaneng) |
De Beers (AngloAmerican) |
Proposed |
Block Caving |
DNK (DGOK) |
Eurasian Resources Group |
Producing |
Block Caving |
Ekati |
Arctic Canadian Diamond Co. |
Producing |
Incline caving/SLR |
El Salvador |
Codelco |
Producing |
Block Caving |
El Teniente (The Lieutenant) |
Codelco |
Producing |
Block Caving |
Ernest Henry |
Glencore |
Producing |
SLC |
Fengshan Copper Mine |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SLC |
Finsch |
Petra Diamonds |
Producing |
Block Cave/SLC |
Grasberg/Ertsberg East |
PT Freeport Indonesia |
Producing |
Panel Caving |
Havieron |
Newcrest/Greatland Gold |
Proposed |
SLC |
Henderson |
Freeport-McMoRan |
Producing |
Panel Caving |
Jeffrey |
Johns-Manville Co. |
Closed |
Block Caving |
Jinshandian Iron Mine |
Wuhan Iron & Steel Company |
Unknown |
SLC |
Kiirunavaara |
LKAB |
Producing |
SLC |
Kimberley |
Ekapa Mining |
Producing |
Block Cave/SLC |
King |
Zimbabwe State |
Closed |
Incline Caving |
Koffiefontein |
Petra Diamonds |
Producing |
Block Cave/SLC |
KSM (Mitchell depsoit) |
Seabridge Gold |
Proposed |
Block Caving |
Kvannevann |
Rana Gruber |
Producing |
SLC |
Mount Lyell |
Copper Mines of Tasmania |
C&M |
SLC |
Mount Wright (Ravenswood) |
EMR & GEAR |
Producing |
SLC |
New Afton |
New Gold |
Producing |
Block Caving |
Nickel-West (Leinster B11) |
BHP |
Producing |
Block Caving |
Nickel-West (SLC) |
BHP |
Closed |
SLC |
Northparkes BC |
CMOC |
Producing |
Block Caving |
Northparkes E26 SLC |
CMOC |
Producing |
SLC |
Oyu Tolgoi |
Rio Tinto |
Construction |
Block Caving |
Padcal |
Philex Mining Corp |
Producing |
Block Caving |
Palabora |
Palabora Mining Company |
Producing |
Block Caving |
Pebble Creek (Pebble East) |
Northern Dynasty Minerals |
Proposed |
Block Caving |
Pulang |
Yunnan Diqing Nonferrous Metal Co |
Producing |
Block Caving |
Questa |
Chevron |
Closed |
Block Caving |
Red Chris |
Newcrest |
Proposed |
Block Caving |
Resolution Copper |
Rio Tinto & BHP |
Proposed |
Block Caving |
Ridgeway |
Newcrest |
Closed |
SLC |
Ridgeway Deeps |
Newcrest |
C&M |
Block Caving |
San Manuel |
BHP |
Closed |
Block Caving |
Santa Rita (Atlantic Nickel) |
Appian Capital |
Proposed |
SLC |
Savage River |
Grange Resources |
Proposed |
Block Caving |
Shabani |
Zimbabwe State |
Closed |
Block Caving |
Syama |
Resolute |
Producing |
SLC |
Telfer (SLC) |
Newcrest |
Producing |
SLC |
Toledo (Carmen) |
Atlas Mining |
Closed |
Block Caving |
Tongkuangyu |
Tongkuangyu Copper Mine of Zhongtiaoshan Non-ferrous Metals Corporation |
Producing |
Block Caving |
Trojan |
Bindura Nickel Corp. |
Producing |
SLC |
Venetia |
De Beers (AngloAmerican) |
Producing |
SLC |
Wafi-Golpu |
Newcrest |
Proposed |
Block Caving |
*to the best of Friction’s knowledge. Friction does not guarantee the accuracy of this information. If changes/updates are required, please contact us.