AI turns BHP’s outsized bricks into outsized returns

AI turns BHP’s outsized bricks into outsized returns

By Peter Ker
Publication Date: 2026-04-09 19:00:00

Forget unidentified flying objects (UFOs), it’s the oversized foreign objects (OFOs) that scare BHP technical director Johan van Jaarsveld.

When a large, misshapenly shaped stone slips through the defenses of BHP’s Australian iron ore division, the result can be a jammed crusher or a broken conveyor belt.

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