CIMIC Group’s Sedgman has acquired Novopro Projects Inc., a Canadian engineering and metallurgy company that provides engineering services and process equipment to projects in North America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Australia.
Novopro’s key business and specialisation is project development and operational optimisation in minerals processing for lithium projects and potash, salt, magnesium, and soda ash projects.
With this expertise in lithium processing technology, Sedgman obtains access to prospects in the expanding sector, which is seeing a surge in demand for batteries and electric vehicles.
The acquisition, combined with Sedgman’s minerals processing expertise, project delivery capability, and experience, broadens Sedgman’s service offering to clients from sustaining capital to significant greenfield development, while also strengthening Sedgman’s growing North American presence and offering to clients.
Novopro will be renamed Sedgman Novopro and will operate as part of Sedgman throughout North America.
“As a specialist in developing, engineering, and managing projects in metallurgy, mining, and mineral processing, Sedgman Novopro will further diversify the services we provide to clients in North America, a key growth market for Sedgman, and to the rest of the world. I am pleased to welcome Sedgman Novopro to the CIMIC Group,” CIMIC Group Executive Chairman Juan Santamaria said.
“We would like to warmly welcome the Novopro people to our team. Novopro has a long-standing reputation for working with operating facilities across the world and for design and mining expertise. The addition of Novopro to Sedgman will allow us to increase our offering to clients while complementing Sedgman’s existing capabilities. We are excited to work together on opportunities,” Sedgman Managing Director Grant Fraser stated.
Novopro Managing Director Mazi Rejaee commented, “In Sedgman, we are pleased to find a strategic partner that complements our current services, expands our capability and offers new opportunities to our personnel and our clients.”
Sedgman and Novopro will go through a transition period focusing on customer service continuity.
