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Our SA operations consist of three mines - Olympic Dam, Prominent Hill and Carrapateena, that feed a central smelter and refinery at Olympic Dam.

We also have an exploration project at Ankata. We mine copper, gold, silver and uranium. Our South Australian operations consist of three primary mine assets, Olympic Dam, Prominent Hill and Carrapateena containing some of the world's most significant deposits of copper, gold and uranium.

09/11/2026

Our Prominent Hill Operations Expansion (PHOX) has reached another major milestone, with the Underground Crushing and Materials Handling System officially achieving practical completion and being handed over to our commissioning team.

So, what does all that mean? 🤔
Essentially, we’re building a new way to move ore from deep underground to the surface, connecting crushers, conveyors and a massive hoisting system to help support Prominent Hill’s future production⛏️

And it’s been a BIG few months:
🚧 Five major construction milestones in just four months.
🏗️ A 700-tonne Skyshaft tower.
🤝 Multiple teams working together while underground mining continued around them.

A huge shout-out to our PHOX Project team, UCA and everyone involved in bringing this incredible piece of infrastructure to life!

📸 Photos courtesy of UCA.

06/11/2026

Call it a coincidence, or proof that the name couldn't be more fitting... 🦎

Since officially becoming Ankata, our team has been spotting a whole lot of Ankata at Ankata 👀

Meaning ‘bearded dragon’, Ankata (pronounced AHN-guh-dha) was chosen by the Kokatha people, the Traditional Owners of the area, inspired by the scaly locals who call this Country home.

And if you’re wondering why they look a different colour in every photo, these clever little reptiles can change colour to help regulate their body temperature, to better communicate with their mates and to help them blend into their surroundings.

📸 Credit: Tim O'Gorman, Ryan Sard & Courtney Spark

05/11/2026

A whole lot of Mo’s and a whole lot of mining! 🥸⛏️

The Movember crew made their way to Carrapateena to talk all things men’s mental health, the impact of funds raised and, of course, a few questionable moustaches.

We’ve been backing the Mo movement for years, and we’re not shaving that commitment anytime soon💙

Amazing work to the Movember team, if you're looking to sign up the details are 👇🏼
https://movember.com/

🎥 Video: Movember Australia

04/11/2026

BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONS FOR COPPER SA! 🏆

Our Prominent Hill Emergency Response Team has been crowned OVERALL WINNER of the 2026 South Australian Mines Emergency Response Competition (SAMERC)!

Held at the MFS Training Centre in Angle Park, the competition put emergency response teams through their paces with challenging rescue scenarios.

And our Copper SA teams certainly delivered! 👏
🏆 Overall Champions: Prominent Hill
🥇 Confined Space Rescue: Prominent Hill
🥈 Team Skills: Olympic Dam
🥈 BA Search & Rescue: Olympic Dam
🥉 Mass Casualty: Carrapateena

Plus, a stack of podium finishes across the competition!
A huge congratulations to our teams, and to everyone who competed, organised and supported this year’s event.

The trophies are impressive, but the skills behind them are what really matter⛑️

03/11/2026

It’s Melbourne Cup Day, so we’re digging up a little piece of Olympic Dam history! 🏆⛏️

Back in July 2016, two-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey John Letts brought the famous trophy 450 metres underground at Olympic Dam.

Not quite the usual track for a Melbourne Cup appearance! 🐎
Ten years later, this one’s still worth digging out of the archives📸

29/10/2026

Business at the front, fundraising at the back! 💗

Our Copper SA Health, Safety and Security team, along with plenty of other BHP legends, have been walking, running and riding their way through October for the Royal Flying Doctor Service’s Oceans to Outback fundraiser. 🚶🏻🚲

And while everyone’s been going the extra mile, some have gone to extraordinary lengths… particularly Aaron, who’s sporting a magnificent pink mullet for the cause 😂

Working in some of South Australia’s most remote locations, we know just how important the RFDS is to our communities.

With just a few days left to go, there’s still time to get behind this fantastic cause and help keep the Flying Doctor flying! ✈️

Great cause. Great people. Questionable hairstyles.

📸Credit: Aaron Gillies

👉 Support the fundraiser:
https://bhp.co/TT

28/10/2026

🎮Traffic control or Gran Turismo? 📍Prominent Hill

25/10/2026

We may dig copper... but we're also digging this view 👷🏽

📍 Carrapateena
📸Credit: Courtney yapp

25/10/2026

We're no geologists... but we think we know where they should put the drill rigs next... 🌈🪙

📸credit: Durds aka Shannon Durdin
📍Carrapateena

22/10/2026

We’ve got some BIG news from Olympic Dam.

BHP has announced an increase of nearly TWO MILLION TONNES in the reported copper mineral resource at Olympic Dam!

Struggling to wrap your head around that number?

To put it into context, that’s roughly the same weight as:
🐘 330,000 African elephants (that’s a mighty big herd)
🏊 800 Olympic swimming pools (hope you brought your goggles)
🐋 13,000 blue whales (we’re gonna need a bigger ocean)
🗼 270 Eiffel Towers (bonjour, that’s a lot of copper!)

That increase alone is equivalent to around nine years of copper production at Olympic Dam’s current rate! 🤯

Bringing our combined reported copper resource to a whopping 88.1 million tonnes.

This follows several years of exploration drilling, including through the OD Deeps exploration program! Well done team 👏🏼

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