Expertise - refined for mining. Refined Substance offers mining companies, consulting firms, and suppliers access to expert advisory services in the areas of project development, contract management and negotiations, peer reviews, commercial risk, and proposal strategy and management. We also specialize in professional marketing and communications services, in both English and French, for the mining industry, helping our clients to communicate their key messages to important stakeholders and audiences, such as the media, the investment community, the public, senior executives, and employees.