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...

The future of mining: more digging through data than strata

August 11, 2017

The evolution of the industry, its opportunities and how best to equip the energy and resources sector of tomorrow T he natural resources industry has long been a dominant player in Australia’s...

Mandatory hackathons refine skills and reap results for UTS students

July 5, 2017

BACKGROUND In 2015, a team of fresh faced To say that they felt hesitant about attending the event would be an understatement, as everyone had different and predominantly non-data science backgrounds...

MineHack 2016 unearths BHP employment opportunities for two engineering students

June 14, 2017

In May 2016, Unearthed and BHP joined forces to present MineHack Perth , a unique hackathon for the innovation community providing the opportunity to work alongside one of the world’s largest...

Hackathon meeting hatches job offer for data science graduate

June 8, 2017

In 2016, Huyen Nguyen was fresh out of graduate school and looking for opportunities to work in the data science industry. She attended Unearthed Brisbane 2016 hoping to network with people and gain...

UQ masters student secures data science job post Unearthed Brisbane win

May 31, 2017

Along with team member Leopold Fournier, University of Queensland Masters student Arun Prakash won second prize at energy resources hackathon Unearthed Brisbane 2017, which took place over the 21-23...

Talent without borders: global hardware hack delivers impressive mine safety prototypes

May 14, 2017

Friday 5th May 2017 marked the end of a week of intense hardware prototyping for global participants in the Unearthed Shield-X challenge. Shield-X is a unique challenge that brought together major...

54 hours of frenetic energy spark solutions for Origin

April 24, 2017

Over 90 innovators, entrepreneurs and industry professionals converged at resources sector hackathon Unearthed Brisbane over the weekend at tech hub River City Labs and The Queensland Startup Precinct...

From Prototype to Product in 6 Months. Are you ready?

March 29, 2017

Applications for the 2017 Unearthed Accelerator are now open. We believe in the power of entrepreneurship to transform individuals and communities, to create economic opportunity, and to address...

The hackers that helped Newcrest fix Cadia

March 24, 2017

Read about Newcrest Mining's commitment to open innovation to gather new insights and uncover unconventional opportunities through the Unearthed Hackathon events in the Australian Financial Review...