Construction starts on Pan African’s R1.7bn Elikhulu tailings retreatment project

Government, trade unions and traditional leadership have heaped praise on South African precious metals miner Pan African Resources for the development of its R1.7-billion Elikhulu tailings retreatment plant (TRP) project, located at the company’s Evander gold mine, in Mpumalanga. Speaking at the sod-turning ceremony earlier this month, Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) director-general Advocate Thabo Mokoena said that the project came at a critical juncture, as his department had recently faced the serious challenge of mass retrenchments, owing to the restructuring and mothballing of operations – a result of the current depressed economic climate.