Slope Stability X26
Africa’s practitioner-led slope stability conference and expo. Two days on the disconnects behind major slope failures, with engineers from Gold Fields, Anglo American, Exxaro Resources and Vedanta Zinc International in the room.
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The first Slope Stability X conference and expo
Slope failures rarely come from one bad decision. They come from the gaps between investigation, design, construction, monitoring and governance.
SSX26 brought those disciplines into one room. Over two days at The Garden Venue, speakers from Exxaro Resources, Anglo American, Vedanta Zinc International, Foskor, Menar Group, Letšeng Diamond Mine in Lesotho and Swakop Uranium in Namibia shared how they investigate, design, build and monitor slopes in working mines.
Alongside the programme, partners showed their technology at indoor exhibition stands and in the outdoor Slope Innovation Park, and delegates continued the conversation in the venue gardens between sessions.
The full life of a slope
Investigation & site characterisation
What the ground is really telling us, from structural mapping to drones and soil characterisation.
Design & planning
Closing the gap between strategic mine design and what the ground allows.
Construction & execution
Rockfall protection and ground support that performs in the field, installed and tested correctly.
Monitoring & operations
Radar, prisms, InSAR and telemetry, and turning that data into early warning.
Risk & governance
Who owns geotechnical risk: safety leadership, regulation, enforcement and closure.
What was presented
Every session from the two-day programme. Request the speaker slides below.
Opening address: ESG & HSE in mining — redefining risk ownership in geotechnical operations
Opening keynote: From compliance to culture — redefining safety leadership in modern mining
Mine planning for slope stability: bridging strategic design and ground reality
Exploring structural influence in slope stability analysis
How do you design rockfall protection systems that actually perform in the field?
Eyes in the sky: drone technology for smarter slope investigationA live drone demonstration of high-resolution aerial mapping, survey-grade RTK measurement and close-up inspection of slopes and mine infrastructure.
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The role of satellite interferometry in integrated strategic monitoring of mine slope stability
Rockfall mitigation solutions: innovative systems for slope stabilisation, hazard protection and infrastructure resilience
Reading the signs early: from geotechnical monitoring to data-driven failure prediction
Monitoring and assessing pit wall stability: integrating radar, prisms, InSAR and field investigations
Key considerations for effective slope performance monitoring: a case study
Who watches the ground after closure? A rock engineering perspective on rehabilitation success
From monitoring to early warning: instrumentation, telemetry and real-time data for proactive slope risk management
Getting ground support right: correct installation and testing of products for mining and civils
Early Warnings: unlocking the full potential of LiDAR data for MRM integration, performance and safety improvement, compliance enforcement and movement detection
From field to failure: how soil characterisation quality determines slope performance
Testing for the worst case: assessing effective stress and pore pressure response in problematic African soils
Two days at The Garden Venue
The partners behind SSX26
Thank you to the organisations that made the first Slope Stability X possible.
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The conversation continues at Slope Stability X27
More speakers, shorter sessions and the same five themes, taken further. The early-bird waitlist and call for papers are open.