In the resources sector, we are seizing opportunities to support the growing demand for commodities that will assist the global energy transition. Our focus on innovation and digitisation is delivering lower impact minerals processing.
Sedgman, our minerals processing company, is diversifying from its early days in coal and, today, its portfolio includes iron ore, precious and base metals, and critical and industrial minerals processing projects and operations.
Sedgman’s progress includes expanding in gold, with two projects in British Columbia, Canada. An engineering, procurement, and construction contract for Artemis Gold’s Blackwater Mine, awarded in 2022, commenced construction in 2023.
Sedgman’s industry leading minerals processing capability is reflected in its appointment, by the Queensland Government in late 2023, to deliver the Queensland Resources Common User Facility.
Recent acquisitions are further diversifying Sedgman’s commodities, capabilities and geographies. In 2023, Sedgman 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 core business is project development and operational optimisation 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.
Acquiring project management and engineering company Onyx Projects, in 2022, enhanced Sedgman’s growing Western Australian presence and offering in the iron ore industry, with strong performance in 2023.
Sedgman's most recent acquisitions, Prudentia Engineering in March 2024 and MinSol Engineering in April 2024, complete its strategy to become a full service, global provider in the extraction and refining of minerals essential to the rapidly growing clean energy technologies.
Prudentia Engineering enhances Sedgman’s existing critical minerals and mineral processing expertise in copper, high purity alumina, vanadium, lithium, cobalt, rare earths, uranium and nickel.
Minsol Engineering's expertise in hard rock lithium processing (including lithium carbonate concentration and lithium hydroxide refining), rare earths and mineral sands, complements Sedgman’s brine lithium processing capabilities acquired with Sedgman Novopro. This enables Sedgman to provide its clients with complete solutions in mineral processing for the global energy transition.
Our 60% owned mining services company Thiess has pledged to rebalance its thermal coal portfolio to no more than 25% of revenue by the end of 2027.
Thiess is growing its core commodities portfolio to include metals and minerals critical to the energy transition and developing services to enable sustainable mining.
In 2022, as a key part of its service diversification strategy, Thiess acquired MACA, a mining services provider primarily exposed to gold and iron ore, without thermal coal exposure.
Thiess is a leader in autonomous mining services which enable sustainable operations through enhanced safety, increased productivity and improved efficiency. View more at Thiess services - Autonomy.
Thiess operates a standalone rehabilitation service – Thiess Rehabilitation.
The business covers the full lifecycle of mine rehabilitation services, from design to development to delivery. View more at Thiess Rehabilitation.
Sedgman, a member of the CIMIC Group, has acquired engineering company MinSol Engineering Pty Ltd. The acquisition is Sedgman’s third in the critical minerals processing sector, completing its strategy to become a full service, global provider in the extraction and refining of minerals essential to the rapidly growing clean energy technologies.
Sedgman, a member of the CIMIC Group, has acquired engineering company Prudentia Engineering, expanding its presence in the growing chemical and energy industries which support the energy transition globally.
Sedgman, a member of the CIMIC Group, has been appointed as the Managing Contractor for the delivery of a critical minerals processing facility, the first of its kind in the Asia Pacific. Sedgman will work closely with the Queensland Government to develop the detailed design and construction program for the Queensland Resources Common User Facility.
Mining is about value, and that value isn’t fully realised until land is returned to a sustainable state. Thiess Rehabilitation offers world-leading mine rehabilitation services by miners, who are also environmental experts.
Autonomy enables sustainable operations through enhanced safety, increased productivity and improved efficiency. Our expertise and experience span autonomous drilling and haulage systems, and semi-autonomous tractor systems.