Thank you to everyone who submitted a nomination for the 2026 Premier's Awards. As we mark 15 years of recognising excellence, innovation and leadership across South Australia's energy and mining sectors, we are proud to celebrate the outstanding achievements of this year's nominees and the positive impact they continue to make for our state.

Community and collaboration category

AGL Energy
Point Pearce Community Solar and battery project

GGP Energy
GGP Energy - Zero Barriers to Clean Energy

ShineHub
ShineHub and Mitcham Council Community Energy program

Renewable Project Services
Carmodys Hill Wind Farm

Santos
2025 Cooper Basin Floods Response

Santos
Santos Indigenous Advisory Panel

Alliance Resources
A Tri-partite Community Meal Support Program in Kimba

Alliance Resources
Workshop26 Mural in Kimba

BHP
A Pathway to Prosperity: Traditional Owners Leading Mining on Their Own Lands

BHP
She Leads, We Rise Program

Discover Co.
Project Pernatty

Healthy Environs
Roxby Downs Community Hub Men's Health Week Initiative

Hillgrove Resources (now known as Kantra Copper)
Hillgrove Resources and Fleet Space Technologies Collaboration

Rex Minerals
Rex Minerals Resources Sector School Immersion Day

SkillUp SA
Pathways to Resources: Building Regional Workforces

Women in Mining Network South Australia
Championing Women in Mining Through Mentorship and Leadership - Colin Jackson

Environment category

Adelaide University
Sirous Hosseinzadeh – Natural Hydrogen and Mineral Carbonation Research

Adelaide University
Integrated Environmental Risk Assessment Framework for Safe and Sustainable Underground Hydrogen Storage

Amplitude Energy
Circular Sulphur Initiative

Australian Gas Infrastructure Group
From Off-Cut to Resource: Closing the Loop on PE Pipe and Fittings Recycling

Delorean Corporation Limited
Delorean SA1 Salisbury - Australia's First Mains-Grade Biomethane and Biogenic CO₂ Project

Purple Giraffe
Vitivoltaics Pilot Project with Paxton Wines and Adelaide University

Tindo Solar
Tindo: advancing Australian solar innovation through local manufacturing and renewable energy sovereignty

Adelaide University
CarbonLock mineral: Turning Iron Ore Tailings into Permanent Carbon Storage

Adelaide University
AI for Carbon Capture and Storage: From Trusted Data to Better Decisions

BHP
Landfill to Circular Economy project

Hillgrove Resources (now known as Kantra Copper)
Kanmantoo Grassy Woodland Restoration Project and Habitat Corridor Initiative

Iluka Resources
Progressive Rehabilitation at Jacinth-Ambrosia

Renascor Resources
Renascor Resources Hydrofluoric Acid-Free Graphite Purification Project

Health and safety, inclusion and wellbeing category

Australian Gas Networks
Understanding Country, Building Inclusion: AGIG’s First Nations Lands Maps

Beach Energy
Driving HSE excellence: Transforming Health, Safety and Wellbeing at Beach Energy

Kimberley Wanganeen Consultancy
Kimberley Wanganeen Consultancy Economic Participation Strategy

Santos
Eliminating Line-Of-Fire Hazards Through Design

BHP
Carrapateena Safety Vision

BHP
Changing the Chemistry of Safety: Eliminating Xanthate Without Compromising Performance

BHP
Copper SA Logistics Transformation

BHP
Copper SA Village Wellbeing Initiative

BHP
Fatality Elimination: Making Invisible Exposure Visible

BHP
Drop Board Regulator

BHP
Live Work Elimination

BHP
Our Safety Leadership Program

BHP
Safe Start

BHP
Transforming Underground Radiation Protection at Carrapateena

Furnace Solutions
Furnace Solutions and Nyrstar Port Pirie : Vertical Demolition Device (VDD) at Port Pirie Top Submerged Lance (TSL) Furnace

Iluka Resources
Iluka Resources Safety Visit Prompting Tool

Productivity improvement category

Amplitude Energy
Orbost Gas Processing Plant – Transformational productivity through targeted improvements

Australian Gas Networks
South Australian Mains Replacement Program

Beach Energy
Bauer 70 multi-lateral project

Beach Energy
Cooper Basin Integrated Flood Intelligence Framework

ElectraNet
Streamlining the connection process for South Australia’s transmission network

EnergyLogistix
Connected logistics: Powered by FleetSmart

Santos Limited
Autonomous Production Optimisation in the Cooper Basin

Venergy Solar Australia
Unlocking Rooftop Solar for Embedded-Network Communities

BHP
High Performance Haulage

BHP
Prominent Hill Traffic Control

BHP
Underground Locomotive Replacement and Rail Automation Infrastructure

Hillgrove Resources (now known as Kantra Copper)
Kanmantoo Grade Control: Combining AI with Traditional Geological Practices

KAEFER Australia
KAEFER Scaffold Shutdown Innovation

MaxMine
Retiring the weighbridge: Trusted real-time payload data delivering an 8% productivity gain

Nyrstar Port Pirie
Nyrstar Port Pirie Reliability Intelligence Program

Purple Giraffe
Risk-based TSF Monitoring and Surveillance Framework

Young achievers and Young Aboriginal achievers

Aboud Babaa (Santos)

Adam Zanardo (Hillgrove Resources)

Angus Smart (Beach Energy)

Dana Wright (Iluka Resources)

Emily Palmer (BHP)

Jade Jensen (BHP)

Joel Hill (BHP)

Jumeka Saunders (Nipapanha Community Aboriginal Corporation)

Lilly Harrower (Iluka Resources)

Lily Ticehurst (BHP)

Lucas (Tuan) Tran (Amplitude Energy)

Reece Townsend (Santos)

Tahlia Curnow (Beach Energy)

Victor Yin (Beach Energy)