BHP

Supplier Innovation Program

Melbourne, Australia

About BHP

BHP is a multinational mining company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, producing iron ore, copper and other minerals across global operations.

How BHP works with startups

BHP's Supplier Innovation Program puts business challenges to Mining Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) suppliers in a hackathon-style pitch format instead of a standard tender. The winning pitch moves into a paid pilot to test the solution before wider use, and suppliers keep their intellectual property. It launched in 2020, first in Australia with partner Austmine, after an earlier version ran in BHP's Minerals Americas business.

Source: globalminingreview.com

Reported program details

Since 2020
Paid pilot, keep your IP

Reported figures and terms may describe an earlier period. Confirm current availability with the team.

Collaboration process

BHP posts a challenge
Suppliers pitch solutions
Winning solution selected
Paid pilot tests solution
Implementation if pilot succeeds

Source: globalminingreview.com

Areas of interest

Haul truck charging infrastructure
Fatality elimination technology
Tailings waste reuse
Remote, tech-enabled mining operations

Open calls

Ongoing supplier innovation challenges posted on site

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Selected startup collaborations

Emesent

Emesent's case paper describes BHP Olympic Dam using mobile drone LiDAR for structural data collection and geomechanical analysis.

Source: emesent.com

Easygenerator

BHP's Risk team moved its risk-training microlearning in-house onto Easygenerator instead of outsourcing course creation to external vendors.

Source: www.easygenerator.com

These are selected publicly described collaborations, not a complete procurement record or a measure of spending.

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