OZ Minerals has launched a new initiative to find new ways to manage mining waste aimed at creating increased value and cut the mining sector’s overall environmental footprint.
The Waste to Value Crowd Challenge—launched in partnership with the International Copper Association Australia, Almira Global and Unearthed—invites companies, startups and individuals from around the world to reimagine how we mine and process ore.
The aim is to propose and test innovative and novel solutions to eliminate waste rock, minimise water use and create value from waste.
The Challenge is part of the OZ Minerals ‘Think & Act Differently™’ incubator, an ecosystem designed to facilitate novel and challenging ideas to accelerate change across some key themes: Clean Products, Energy & Emissions, Waste & Water, Scalable & Adaptable Assets and Data & Technology.
Successful applicants will join the Think & Act Differently incubator and be supported in their next steps to develop a demonstration of their solution, including funding, mentoring, collaboration, capability uplift and exposure to mining operations.
The Challenge runs from 27 October 2021 to 19 January 2022.
Detail:https://www.ozminerals.com/media/news/exploring-new-ways-to-turn-waste-into-value/