International Mining Games

The Camborne School of Mines (CSM) is proud to host the 40th International Mining Games at the King Edward Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. With seven gruelling events in all, it will be a unique opportunity to witness traditional mining skills first-hand, up close and personal.

The International Mining Games sees 40 teams from Mining Schools across the world (including USA, Brazil, UK, Australia and Europe) compete in 7 events of traditional mining methods in order to commemorate those who have lost their lives in industry and preserve those traditional methods for many years to come.

Hosting in Camborne, where many of the modern hard-rock techniques originated, is a great way to honour the heritage, steeped within the proud local community. Coinciding with the history, is the innovative and ever developing technologies that are researched, established and implemented into industry from within the heart of Camborne based companies and CSM itself.

Part of the University of Exeter, Camborne School of Mines offers the only remaining Mining Engineering degree in the United Kingdom. Camborne School of Mines has been producing Mining Engineers for nearly 130 years.

2018 INTERNATIONAL MINING GAMES - CORNWALL

2018 RESULTS

Men’s competition was won by CSM Sandvik

Womens competition won jointly by CSM Women’s A and WASM Wombats Women

Co-Ed: Team Hammerschlagen

Alumni: Western Australia School of Mining Alluminati

Full results :

Competition Schedule

Open to the Public - Free Tickets available ONLINE

Thursday 29th March Day 1 - Training Day

A day full of excitement, banter and cheer as all 40 competing teams from across the world meet and practice the events. It is a chance for teams to see who their likely rivals will be, test unfamiliar equipment and iron out any last minute issues. You can expect a lot of shouting and see the International teams up close.

Friday 30th March Day 2 - Womens, Mixed (Co-ed) and Alumni Teams Competition & Mens Survey Event

The first main day of competition that sees the Womens, Mixed (Co-ed) and Alumni Teams compete across the 7 events.

Saturday 31st March Day 3 - Mens Competition & Womens, Mixed (Co-ed) and Alumni Teams Survey Event

The final day of competition ends with 15+ Mens teams competing for the top places in the 7 events. The Womens, Mixed (Co-ed) and Alumni teams will be competiting in the Survey event. Last year, timings were so close and it was a very high standard. We are expecting a very close competition again as International Mining Schools send their elite teams to represent. You can expect a lot of excitement, cheering and commardarie.A fantastic end to the competition.

Sunday 1st April - The Man Engine Awards Ceremony

The Man Engine is the largest mechanical puppet ever constructed

in Great Britain and will be starting his Resurrection tour from Heartlands

, Camborne, Cornwall. Winners of the Games will also receive free tickets

to a second awards ceremony presented by Will Coleman (director of

Golden Tree Productions) in the presence of the Man Engine during

the 'Afternooner Tour' at Heartlands. The remaining teams who took

part in the games are invited to observe the presentation in an area

specifically for competitors. Tickets will be available online.

The Camborne School of Mines (CSM) is proud to host the 40th International Mining Games at the King Edward Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. With seven gruelling events in all, it will be a unique opportunity to witness traditional mining skills first-hand, up close and personal.

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2018 INTERNATIONAL MINING GAMES - CORNWALL