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Hello. We are BHP Invent

BHP Invent is the welcoming face of innovation at BHP.

Who we are

BHP Invent is BHP’s Innovation team and it helps the company innovate with impact to unlock sustainable value from our current and future resources. 

From breakthrough programs like Open House to curating ecosystems, immersing external innovators in mining challenges to embedding innovators technologies at our assets and functions, we create new ways to bring innovation into BHP. 

How we innovate

The Open House is a platform where innovators connect with opportunities within BHP and the broader ecosystem. Our focus is on exploring ways to approach new opportunities. We invite innovators to participate in a cohort-based program, where we offer collaboration, funding and expert support to help accelerate their ideas.

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Collaborate

Connect with BHP leaders and technical experts to gain exposure for your idea within our business and the broader ecosystem.

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Support

We support innovators with mentors, access to data, resources and people with valuable expertise.

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Accelerate

We provide a welcoming environment and industry expertise to help innovators rapidly learn and accelerate their ideas

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Our ecosystem

The ecosystem is our superpower. The ecosystem is a diverse group of people who want to collaborate with us and each other to accelerate ideas. It is a way for innovators, both small and large, to keep in touch and to hear about opportunities.

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We're fostering a new generation of innovation

We work with broad innovator segments, including startups, research institutions, OEM’s, engineering companies and other mining companies.

We invite you to share your innovative ideas, solutions, and seek our support and funding to trial untested ideas in a supportive environment and through our Open House. We run the Open House in partnership with Unearthed.