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Sedgman Novopro completed the front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for Peak Minerals

Date: 2024-08-01

Sedgman Novopro is excited to share the news that it has completed the front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for Peak Minerals. The FEED work was completed in support of the Sevier Playa Potash Project in Millard County, Utah, the most significant sulfate of potash (SOP) fertilizer development in North America.

Peak Minerals will produce SOP and associated minerals utilizing natural subsurface brines from the Sevier Playa coupled with solar evaporation to create the lowest-emission SOP facility in the world. The brines, extracted from the Playa using shallow trenches, will be sent to evaporation ponds where crude potassium sulfate salts will be deposited. From there, the salts will be harvested and sent to a processing plant for refining and production of SOP. The refinery utilizes Sedgman Novopro patented technologies that further reduce emissions when compared to competing operations. The project includes a rail loadout facility for shipping bulk as well as bagged products to North American markets.  

Sedgman Novopro previously completed a feasibility study for Peak Minerals in 2022 and was awarded the FEED study in 2023. 

We look forward to continuing our work with Peak Minerals to progress this world class fertilizer project.

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CIMIC’S Sedgman acquires Canadian engineering and metallurgy company Novopro.

CIMIC’S Sedgman acquires Canadian engineering and metallurgy company Novopro.

Date: 2023-07-01

CIMIC Group company Sedgman has acquired Novopro Projects Inc., an engineering and metallurgy company based in Canada that provides engineering services and process equipment to projects in North America, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Australia.

Novopro’s core business and speciality is project development and operational optimization in minerals processing for lithium projects, as well as in potash, salt, magnesium and soda ash.

With this know-how in lithium processing technology, Sedgman gains access to opportunities in this expanding sector, as demand for batteries and electric vehicles increases.

Paired with Sedgman’s minerals processing expertise, project delivery capability and experience, this acquisition expands Sedgman’s service offering to clients from sustaining capital through to major greenfield development, while enhancing Sedgman’s growing North American presence and offering to clients.

Novopro will be re-named Sedgman Novopro and will operate as part of Sedgman in North America.

CIMIC Group Executive Chairman, Juan Santamaria, said: “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.”

Sedgman Managing Director, Grant Fraser, 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.”

Novopro Managing Director, Mazi Rejaee, said: “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 work through a transition process focused on the continuity of service to clients.