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The Open House is a platform where innovators connect with opportunities within Think & Act Differently (TAD), BHP and the broader ecosystem. Our focus is on exploring ways to approach new opportunities.

TAD invites innovators to participate in a cohort-based program, where they offer collaboration, funding and expert support to help accelerate your ideas.

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Do you have new ways to beneficiate, dewater, and process nickel laterite ore more efficiently?

Join the Nickel Laterite Ore Beneficiation Innovation Challenge in collaboration with PT Vale Indonesia (PTVI)!

Through this challenge, we invite global innovators to propose physical, chemical, hybrid or alternative breakthrough methods to improve how nickel laterite ore is beneficiated, sized, and dewatered prior to smelting.

Why?
PT Vale Indonesia (PTVI) operations contribute to one of the largest lateritic nickel hubs in the world, producing high quality nickel matte from laterite ores.

Today, the journey from mine to metal is challenged by issues such the inefficient particle sizing and screening practices, the high moisture content and the excess material rehandling.

These challenges hinder the delivery of properly sized and adequately beneficiated ore to the dryers and smelting units, reducing throughput and increasing the energy required to produce a final saleable product.

What’s in it for you?

PT Vale Indonesia (PTVI) has clear pathways to support selected teams through:
👉 Bench or pilot testing
👉 On-site field trials within operating plants
👉 Potential commercial agreements

Have an idea? Register here: https://hubs.li/Q03t6b1q0