Mining Projects 

Exploration and mineral resources include database management, quality control (QA/QC) and data compilation. Geosciences applied to mineral exploration, structural geology, geochemistry and exploration are also covered. In addition, we offer geostatistical services, 3D litho-structural modelling and targeting, as well as mineral resource estimates. Our technical reports comply with NI 43-101, JORC and S-K 1300 standards, demonstrating the rigour and reliability of our assessments.  

The project development stage includes feasibility studies, preliminary economic assessments (PEA), pre-feasibility studies (PFS) and NI43-101 compliant reports. It also includes mine planning and optimization, environmental impact assessments, and permitting and regulatory approvals.  

Metallurgical Projects 

Norda Stelo’s decades of experience in the metallurgical industry ensure an unparalleled understanding of the industry’s challenges and the strategies for meeting them. Norda Stelo’s teams work in production plant contexts and integrate, from pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, concepts that will enable the integration of the work while minimizing interruptions to production. 

With its recognized expertise in constructability and project savings, Norda Stelo develops innovative solutions to meet client objectives, while ensuring compliance with the most stringent environmental and industry standards. 

Norda Stelo stands out for its strong mining engineering expertise, which includes site planning and design for both open-pit and underground operations.  

Our multidisciplinary team is also capable of engineering both the mineral extraction process and the infrastructure required for mine operation, including roads and access, engineering structures, buildings, storage and retention structures.

Over the years, Norda Stelo has built up experience in EPCM (Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management) projects, ensuring efficient execution and maximum financial savings for the client, who obtains the required services at the lowest possible cost and within the shortest possible timeframe.  

Norda Stelo’s integrated approach to project management provides control over procurement, costs and project documentation, ensuring real-time project control. 

Among other forms of mandate, Norda Stelo is able to take on the role of the designated client representative, acting as a consultant to assist the client in decision-making and risk management throughout all project activities and phases.  

Norda Stelo also provides independent engineering services to project investors, ensuring compliance with international standards. We advise consultants and contractors at every stage, from pre-construction to commissioning and closure, to ensure the quality and compliance of the work.

The Norda Stelo team has recognized know-how and exceptional experience in the field of existing facilities and asset management. A significant part of our activities is linked to the maintenance, modernization and improvement of existing, aging and damaged assets.  

Norda Stelo integrates client operational considerations into its design and planning of projects carried out in a production environment. The sequencing of the work addresses safety for both workers and operating teams. Also, the economic impact of the project is minimized by reducing production downtime caused by the work.  

We offer capital and operating cost assessments, as well as detailed financial analysis to optimize project profitability. Our services also include plant maintenance, rigorous environmental monitoring, as well as process development support for mineral processing and hydrometallurgy.  

At Norda Stelo, asset sustainability has become a business model. Our decades of experience in brownfield engineering have enabled us to develop an approach that aims to increase an asset’s lifespan while proactively managing risk. We deliver dynamic monitoring of an asset’s state of health, taking into account the environment and operational context.  

We offer our clients expertise to help them maintain the technical reliability, integrity and proper functioning of physical assets (production, infrastructure). The goal is to maximize asset availability and performance, ensure regulatory compliance as well as protect the environment, people and the community, throughout the entire asset lifecycle.  

As a member of the Institute of Asset Management (IAM), Norda Stelo develops proven approaches to asset management in line with the ISO 55000 standard. We invite you to consult our Solution page for Asset Management. 

Norda Stelo is able to support its mining clients in the preparation of a holistic mine reclamation plan, designed to address many aspects effectively: eliminate unacceptable health risks and ensure the safety of people, limit the production and spread of contaminants likely to harm the receiving environment, aim to eliminate all forms of long-term maintenance and monitoring, restore the site to a visually acceptable state, and return the infrastructure site to a condition compatible with potential future use.