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...

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...

Now is the time to think outside the box for Australia's minerals sector

February 3, 2022

The global ‘battery arms race’ has well and truly begun, and Australia is in a prime position to win by a considerable margin. As the world transitions towards net zero emissions, the pathway forward...

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...

Machine Learning in Mining Conference: insights and innovative solutions for a ML mining future

November 12, 2021

The ML in Mining conference provided a deep dive into how machine learning is being applied in the resources sector. Perth 10th November A running theme through the conference was the openness of the...

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...

Emission Possible: Unearthing innovative solutions for detecting Methane Emissions

November 11, 2021

Earlier this year Origin Energy issued Emission Possible; an open call to find new and innovative technologies for detecting and quantifying methane emissions. The key for any business to lowering...

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...

Meet the winners of Origin's 'Wells of Knowledge' challenge

October 21, 2020

This dynamic duo has taken home both award categories in this highly competitive challenge seeking recommendations and insights for optimising Origin's drilling process. Sam Bost of SIG Machine...