BHP and Carlton Trail College are pleased to announce the recipients of the BHP Jansen Scholarship Program for 2023. The scholarship provides combined support of over $82,000 to 26 youth pursuing post-secondary education and training opportunities in a field of their choosing. Carlton Trail College is a partner in this initiative, administering the [...]
Hope's Home is pleased to announce BHP has invested $150,000 to provide an essential nursing station at the new medically inclusive childcare centre in Saskatoon. As the only medically inclusive childcare centers in Canada, Hope's Home provides care where kids with complex medical and typical needs can learn, grow, and thrive. With on-site nurses [...]
BHP has announced its second cohort of six companies, chosen from a pool of over 500 applicants, to join the BHP Xplor accelerator program. The accelerator program is designed to support early-stage mineral exploration companies in finding the critical resources needed to support the energy transition. Each company will receive a grant of up to [...]
TransAlta Corporation and BHP Group Ltd. announced today that the 48 MW Northern Goldfields solar and battery storage facility has achieved commercial operation and is now supplying reliable electricity to BHP's remote nickel mining operations in Western Australia. "We are extremely pleased that this innovative hybrid renewable solution is now [...]
BHP today announced the approval of an investment of C$6.4 billion for Stage 2 of the Jansen potash project , doubling BHP's investment in potash as the company builds one of the world's largest potash mines, located approximately 140 kilometres east of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This follows BHP's approval of C$7.5 billion for stage one of the [...]
SASKATOON, SK, Sept. 26, 2023 /CNW/ - BHP is pleased to announce a AUD$3 million three-year partnership with Indspire, a leading national Indigenous registered charity in Canada that provides bursaries and scholarships to Indigenous students pursuing post-secondary education and training. BHP's commitment will help to empower Indigenous students [...]
A new collaboration between BHP and Microsoft has used artificial intelligence and machine learning with the aim of improving copper recovery at the world's largest copper mine. The use of new digital technology to optimise concentrator performance at BHP's Escondida operation in Chile is expected to improve copper recovery. BHP Chief Technical [...]
In a first for the mining industry, BHP has published a pilot case study on the application of natural capital accounting principles in the mining sector. The 'Natural Capital Accounting for the Mining Sector: Beenup Site Pilot Case Study' , based on a case study at BHP's closed and rehabilitated Beenup Mineral Sands site in southern Western [...]
BHP and global engineering, project management and professional services firm, Hatch, have signed an agreement to design an electric smelting furnace pilot plant in support of a decision to construct this facility in Australia. The facility will aim to demonstrate a pathway to lower carbon dioxide intensity in steel production using iron ore from [...]
Bird Construction Inc. , together with BHP and 2Nations Bird Construction Limited Partnership are pleased to announce that the 2Nations Bird joint venture has been awarded two contracts by BHP for works on the Jansen Stage 1 Potash Project in Saskatchewan. 2Nations Bird is a partnership between Bird, Beardy's and Okemasis Cree Nation's Willow Cree [...]
BHP is pleased to share that Jean Paul Gladu has agreed to join the BHP Forum on Corporate Responsibility . The Forum is a key part of our stakeholder engagement program helping BHP to make informed decisions on a range of sustainability issues. Mr. Gladu brings deep experience partnering with Indigenous communities and organisations, environmental [...]
BHP Group Ltd. , Caterpillar Inc. , and Finning International Inc. announced today an agreement to replace BHP's entire haul truck fleet at the Escondida mine, the world's largest copper producer, located in the Antofagasta Region, northern Chile. This agreement is part of the strategic equipment renewal process developed by Escondida. The new [...]
