Previous Symposia
- 1st (1986): University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
- 2nd (1988): Texas A&M University (Austin, Texas, USA)
- 3rd (1991): CS Mining Association (Prague, Czech Republic)
- 4th (1995): RWTH Aachen University (Aachen, Germany)
- 5th (1998): Wroclaw Technical University (Wroclaw, Poland)
- 6th (2001): TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg, Germany)
- 7th (2004): University of Missouri-Rolla (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
- 8th (2007): RWTH Aachen University (Aachen, Germany)
- 9th (2008): University of Petrosani (Petrosani, Romania)
- 10th (2010): TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg, Germany)
- 11th (2012): University of Miscolc (Miscolc, Hungary)
- 12th (2014): RWTH Aachen University (Aachen, Germany)
- 13th (2016): University of Belgrade, Society of Mining and Geology Engineers of Serbia, Yugoslav Opencast Mining Committee (Belgrade, Serbia)