Introducing the Essential Minerals Cohort

March 6, 2024

Introducing the Essential Minerals cohort with Think & Act Differently powered by BHP. We are proud to share that the latest Think & Act Differently (TAD) cohort has been announced following extensive technical review and assessment of recent submissions from various innovation activities. The final...

Meet the Shortlist for Thinking Critical South Australia!

May 2, 2022

Critical minerals are mineral resources, metals and non-metals, that are essential to the world’s economies and whose supply may be disrupted or at risk. Today, there is an unprecedented demand for...

Unearthed innovation in mining and resources: 5 startups to watch in 2022!

March 23, 2022

Unearthed, in collaboration with the Energy Conference Network / Mining Innovation network (ECNMIN), ran Startups Unearthed , an exciting open innovation challenge aimed at finding and showcasing...

Hydrogen Hypothesis - Accelerating OZ Minerals to zero emissions

March 14, 2022

Accelerating OZ Minerals to zero emissions Hydrogen Hypothesis is a Think & Act Differently™ initiative powered by OZ Minerals, which sets out to find innovators from inside and outside the mining...

Five teams set to test ideas and kick off Electric Mine Simulation challenge

March 9, 2022

Five teams set to test ideas and kick off Electric Mine Simulation challenge Last September, the Electric Mine Consortium * launched the Electric Mine Simulation crowd challenge in partnership with...

Our top 5 Critical Minerals Startup Hubs

January 28, 2022

If you are starting a new, innovative business or trying to get your startup off the ground then joining a startup hub may be just the ticket to fast-track your business to serious growth. Offering a...

South Australia offers A$250,000 prize pool and attractive incentives to kickstart innovator ideas

January 25, 2022

South Australian Government MEDIA RELEASE, December 10, 2021 – South Australia will reward entrepreneurs with a A$250,000 prize pool and attractive incentives in a global challenge to put the state’s...

Global crowdsourcing challenge to boost South Australia’s rich critical minerals industry

November 12, 2021

MEDIA RELEASE, November 3, 2021 – South Australia is on the cusp of a modern day ‘gold rush’ as the state calls upon entrepreneurs and companies from around the world to help tap its burgeoning...

Meet the winners of the OZ Minerals Copa de Cobre Challenge

December 6, 2020

How did the top teams apply machine learning to develop geological feature maps of Peru? A difficult problem to tackle with a very large dataset covering the whole of Peru! Here are the winners of the...

The Human Hurdle to Automation

August 11, 2020

Mining and energy companies face some of the most significant challenges in driving internal collaboration - particularly when it comes to realising data-driven projects. Some staff are on-site, and...