I-BHP (i-ASX, i-LON, i-NYSE: i-BHP) iye yabetha isivumelwano sokusebenzisa izixhobo zobukrelekrele bokwenziwa eziphuhliswe yi-KoBold Metals, isiqalo esixhaswa yimbumba yamabhiliyoni aquka uBill Gates kunye noJeff Bezos, ukukhangela izinto ezibalulekileyo ezisetyenziselwa izithuthi zombane. (EVs) kunye nobuchwepheshe bamandla acocekileyo.
Oyena mgodi mkhulu wehlabathi kunye ne-Silicon Valley-based tech firm iyakuthi ixhase ngemali kwaye iqhube ukuhlola isebenzisa iteknoloji yokucubungula idatha ukunceda ukuqikelela indawo yesinyithi efana ne-cobalt, i-nickel kunye nobhedu, ukuqala eNtshona Ostreliya.
Ubambiswano luya kunceda i-BHP ifumane ngaphezulu kwezinto "ezijongene nekamva" efungele ukugxila kuyo, ngelixa inika i-KoBold ithuba lokufikelela kwiinkcukacha zolwazi zokuhlola ezakhiwe yi-giant migodi kwiminyaka emashumi.
"Ehlabathini lonke, iidipozithi ezikrwada ezinzulu zifunyenwe ubukhulu becala, kwaye izixhobo ezishiyekileyo kusenokwenzeka ukuba zinzulu ngaphantsi komhlaba kwaye kunzima ukuzibona ukusuka phezulu," utshilo uKeenan Jennings, usekela mongameli kwi-BHP Metals Exploration, kwingxelo."Olu manyano luya kudibanisa idatha yembali, ubukrelekrele bokwenziwa, kunye nobuchule be-geoscience ukutyhila into ebifihliwe ngaphambili."
I-KoBold, eyasekwa ngo-2018, ibala phakathi kwabaxhasi bayo amagama amakhulu afana neVenture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz kunyeUkuPhumelela kwaMandla oMbane.Le yokugqibela ixhaswa ngemali ngoosozigidi abaziwayo ababandakanya iBill Gates yakwaMicrosoft, uJeff Bezos waseAmazon, umseki weBloomberg uMichael Bloomberg, usozimali waseMelika oyibhiliyoni kunye nomphathi wehedge fund uRay Dalio, kunye nomseki weVirgin Group uRichard Branson.
Hayi umsebenzi wasemgodini
U-KoBold, njengegosa elilawulayo uKurt House etshilo amaxesha amaninzi, akazimiselanga kuba ngumqhubi wemigodi “nanini na.”
Ukufuna kwenkampani iintsimbi zebhetriyaqala kunyaka ophelileyo eCanada,emva kokuba ifumene amalungelo kwindawo emalunga ne-1,000 square km (386 sq. miles) kumantla eQuebec, emazantsi eGlencore's Raglan nickel mine.
Ngoku ineepropathi zokuhlola ezimalunga neshumi elinesibini kwiindawo ezifana neZambia, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Ontario, kunye neNtshona yeOstreliya, eziye zaphumela kwindibaniselwano efana neBHP.Idinomineyitha eqhelekileyo yezo asethi kukuba ziqulathe okanye zilindeleke ukuba zibe yimithombo yeentsimbi zebhetri.
Kwinyanga ephelileyoutyikitye isivumelwano sendibaniselwanongeBlueJay Mining (LON: JAY) ukuhlola amaminerali eGreenland.
I-firm ijolise ekudaleni "iGoogle Maps" ye-Earth's crust, ngokugxila ngokukodwa ekufumaneni idiphozithi ye-cobalt.Iqokelela kwaye ihlalutye imijelo emininzi yedatha - ukusuka kwiziphumo zakudala zokomba ukuya kwimifanekiso yesathelayithi - ukuqonda ngcono apho kunokufunyanwa khona iidiphozithi ezintsha.
I-algorithms esetyenzisiweyo kwidatha eqokelelweyo imisela iipateni ze-geological ezibonisa idiphozithi enokwenzeka ye-cobalt, eyenzeka ngokwemvelo ecaleni kwe-nickel kunye nobhedu.
Itekhnoloji inokukhangela izixhobo ezinokuthi zibaleke izazi zejoloji ezicinga ngokwesiko kwaye zinokunceda abasebenzi basezimayini bathathe isigqibo sokuba bangawufumana phi umhlaba kunye nokomba, yatsho inkampani.
Ixesha lokuposa: Sep-09-2021