The Newcrest Crowd

Miner of choice™ - Leaders in crowd sourcing solutions for complex business problems in the mining industry

Competitions

The Newcrest Crowd is an industry-leading, crowdsourcing and partnership platform that challenges innovators around the world to solve specific mining ‘problems’ through online competitions. These challenges involve access to operational data sets, financial prizes, and other wider opportunities for ongoing partnerships. We continuously look for new partners to collaboratively solve these business and industry challenges.

Stay hydrated

Online
$10,000 in prizes
  • Hardware
  • IoT
  • Mobile
Solved

Improving hydration monitoring at Telfer

49 participants

Start me up

Online
$10,000 in prizes
  • Mobile
  • Visualisation
Solved

Improving pre-start check in our crushing and flotation plants

64 participants

Get 2 the Core II – Revenge of the Depths

Online
$20,000 in prizes
  • Data Science
  • Image / Video
Solved

Identify depth measurements in core images

155 participants

Burn your Bridges

Online
$15,000 in prizes
Solved

Reduce the impact of rock bridges at our Telfer crusher

172 participants

Get 2 the Core

Online
$20,000 in prizes
  • Data Science
  • Image / Video
  • Visualisation
Solved

Automatically detect drill core tray outlines in core photography

196 participants

HYDROSAVER

Online
  • Data Science
  • Optimisation
  • Predictive
Solved

Reduce water usage in gold processing through tailings density prediction

174 participants

Unearthed Perth 2017

Perth, WA
Solved

From Idea to Prototype on Resource Challenges in just a Weekend

302 participants

Unearthed Melbourne 2017

Melbourne, VIC
Solved

From Idea to Prototype on Resource Challenges in just a Weekend

194 participants

Unearthed Sydney 2016

Ultimo, NSW
Solved

From Idea to Prototype on Resource Challenges in just a Weekend

85 participants

Challenges

drink up mate
Stay hydrated

Improving hydration monitoring at Telfer
plant
Start me up

Improving pre-start check in our crushing and flotation...
telfer
Get 2 the Core II – Revenge of the Depths

Identify depth measurements in core images
Rock Bridge
Burn your Bridges

Reduce the impact of rock bridges at our Telfer crusher
Core
Get 2 the Core

Automatically detect drill core tray outlines in core...
Cadia
HYDROSAVER

Reduce water usage in gold processing through tailings...
Newcrest
Unearthed Perth 2017

Can you increase gold production?
Plant
Unearthed Melbourne 2017

Cadia Plant Downtime
Loader
Unearthed Melbourne 2017

Underground Loader Optimisation
Lihir
Unearthed Melbourne 2017

Lihir Autoclaves
mine to mill
Unearthed Melbourne 2017

Mine to Mill
alumina
Unearthed Sydney 2016

Find the sweet spot - Optimise the grinding circuit...
SAG
Unearthed Sydney 2016

Predicting or preventing SAG mill surge events through big...
Unearthed Brisbane 2016

Predictive Maintenance for Cyclone Feed Pumps
Unearthed Brisbane 2016

Fragmentation in Next Generation Cave Block Mining
Unearthed Melbourne 2015

How can we improve safety in the workplace with wearable...