BHP taps Microsoft, AI, to improve recovery at top copper mine


FILE PHOTO A small toy figure and mineral imitation are seen in front of the BHP logo in this illustration taken November 19 2021. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustration

FILE PHOTO: A small toy figure and mineral imitation are seen in front of the BHP logo in this illustration taken November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - BHP Group has teamed up with Microsoft Corp to improve copper recovery from its Escondida mine in Chile, the world's biggest copper mine, by using machine learning and artificial intelligence, it said on Tuesday.

BHP estimates the world needs to double the amount of copper produced over the next 30 years to keep pace with the development of decarbonisation technology such as electric vehicles, offshore wind and solar farms.

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