Find opportunities
There are a number of ways to learn about new opportunities at BHP from our major capital projects, to participating in our local buy programs and innovation challenges. Opportunities will be made available on this page as they arise.
Major capital project opportunities
Opportunities relating to our major projects and related supplier opportunities per region.
In Minerals Australia, BHPs major project opportunities are published on the ICN Gateway. Click on the link and search by your location to find any opportunities that may apply to you.If you're a small local or indigenous vendor, please check out the region specific Local Buying Programs at Minerals Australia and Minerals America, to understand other opportunities which may apply to you.
BHP Innovation strategy
Our Supplier Innovation Program uses an open innovation methodology to help solve operational challenges by accessing technological and entrepreneurial capabilities. The initiative identifies and prioritises critical business challenges in the operations, aligned with BHP’s priorities, and launches them to the market. An on-site pilot is subsequently awarded to prove the solution is viable.
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Global Challenges
Charge On Innovation Challenge
BHP, Rio Tinto and Vale have come together as Founding Patrons, facilitated by Austmine, to create the Charge On Innovation Challenge. This challenge encourages the technology development needed to support the mining industry’s decarbonisation efforts. Reflecting a genuine desire for industry-wide collaboration, other mining companies are invited to join as patrons.
The Challenge is an opportunity for experts in and outside the mining industry to develop and present interoperable technology that safely delivers power to large battery-electric off-road haul trucks while maintaining or improving productivity levels. The electricity will charge a battery, and if applicable, propel the truck. Four hundred kilowatts of electricity is required for each truck to complete a haul cycle (i.e. load, travel, dump, return, queue).
For more information, please visit https://chargeoninnovation.com/
BHP Tailings Challenge
The BHP Tailings Challenge is a global competition aimed at identifying the most innovative companies, startups, consortia, research centers and universities to help transform fresh tailings and create innovative business models.
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Minerals Australia Innovation ProgramIn Australia we run this Program in partnership with Austmine, one of the leading national representative bodies of the Mining Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) sectors.
To join the Supplier Innovation Program, please refer to the regional website of our partner Austmine.
https://www.austmine.com.au
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Minerals Americas Innovation ProgramIn the Americas we run this Program in partnership with Expande Mineria, a public-private open innovation program.
To join our Supplier Innovation Program, please refer to the regional website of our partner Expande Mineria.
https://fch.brightidea.com/SolucionesExpande
List of challenges FY22
Innovation success story
BMA's Caval Ridge Mine
While the Supplier Innovation Program was launched in June 2020, a number of pilot projects are already underway. This includes at BMA's Caval Ridge Mine where the Fixed Plant Maintenance team solved a key business challenge, finding a safer way to perform maintenance on the filter presses that remove moisture from coal rejects at the wash plant.
Innovation success stories
Minerals Americas
Our Open Innovation In Mining Program aims to contribute to the development of an industry knowledge-intensive goods and services, tackling the challenges facing the mining industry today. This innovation program links entrepreneurs, research centers, guilds and mining companies to the industry ecosystem. Read our success stories in below links: