Published: 14 Jan 2025 380 views
The Playford Trust, in partnership with BHP, offers a $9000 Honours scholarship in geoscience, mining engineering or chemical engineering at any one of the three South Australian universities.
Located 560km north of Adelaide, BHP’s Olympic Dam is one of the world’s most significant deposits of copper, gold, silver and uranium. Olympic Dam includes underground and surface operations and operates a fully integrated processing facility from ore to metal. The underground mine is made up of more than 450km of underground roads and tunnels, with ore hauled by an automated train system to crushing, storage and hoisting facilities. On the surface, the metallurgical facility includes a grinding circuit, hydrometallurgical plant incorporating solvent extraction circuits for copper and uranium, a copper smelter, a copper refiner and a recovery circuit for precious metals.
BHP’s purpose is to bring people and resources together to build a better world through its strategy: to have the best capabilities, best commodities and best assets, to create long-term value and high returns.
BHP is among the world’s top producers of major commodities, including iron ore, metallurgical coal and copper. It also has substantial interests in oil, gas and energy coal.
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Application Deadline | 17 Jan 2025 |
Value | $9000 |
Country to study | Australia |
School to study | Flinders University |
Type | Undergraduate |
Sponsor | Flinders University |
Gender | Men and Women |
The scholarship is valued at $9000 for one year.
Applicants must be:
It is essential that the applicant’s supervisor or an academic referee (e.g. dean of school/faculty, or lecturer) provides a supporting comment about the student’s achievements, character and leadership potential.
Selection Criteria
The Playford Trust will consider nominations from students studying at one of the three South Australian universities, and reserves the right to accept or reject any or all of the nominations.
BHP and the Playford Trust will jointly make the final selection.
For more details, visit Flinders University scholarship website.