5 December 2025
South Australia’s biggest names in energy and mining and some of its emerging success stories led the way at last night’s Premier’s Awards for Energy and Mining.
And in a demonstration of the calibre of competition among the contenders, two of the twelve award categories had joint winners.
BHP received five awards: Young Achiever, Young Indigenous Achiever, Environment (Resources), Health and safety, inclusion and wellbeing (Resources), and Productivity improvement (Resources) which it shared as joint winner with Adelaide-based underground mine support specialist Wilco Technologies.
Other familiar names to collect awards on the night included Santos, Beach Energy and RAA.
Adelaide-based and Australian-owned Apex Energy, renowned particularly for its work in renewable energy in remote areas of South Australia, took out the Community and collaboration (Energy) award for its work to deliver the Oodnadatta Renewable Power Station. The judges called out the Oodnadatta project as an outstanding example of engaging and collaborating with community and other stakeholders.
The Community and collaboration (Resources) award went to the Resources and Energy Skills Alliance (RESA) for the Career Transition Service established in Whyalla to support steel works employees and the wider community.
Judges couldn’t split two finalists in the Environment (Energy) category, with the award going jointly to RAA for South Australia's EV charging network and Santos for Moomba Carbon Capture and Storage Project. Similarly the Productivity improvement (Resources) category was shared by BHP for its Carrapateena Hydrofloat and Wilco Technologies for its Trajectaflex Resin Firing System.
The Awards celebrate and acknowledge the importance of the energy and mining sectors to South Australia. They profile examples of outstanding leadership, innovation and achievement by businesses or individuals. The Awards also highlight exceptional efforts to create safe and welcoming workplaces and promote new ways of involving communities in decision making.
Find out more about the award winning companies and their projects
