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.
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.
Innovation success story
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.
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.
For more information, please visit https://expandemineria.cl/en/desafio/bhp-tailings-challenge/
To join the Supplier Innovation Program, please refer to the regional website of our partner Austmine.
https://www.austmine.com.au
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
