PROPOSED WESTERN LIMB TAILINGS RETREATMENT (WLTR) PLANT RETROFITTING AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE.
The applicant is applying for the retrofitting of the existing Western Limb Tailings Retreatment Plant (WLTR) which is on Sibanye Rustenburg Platinum Mines (SRPM). The project will also involve the construction of new infrastructure such as an expansion to its existing bulk chemicals, a new loading bay, chrome stockpile, pipelines, a booster pump station, a hydro mining/repulping plant, a workshop, offices, powerlines, and associated service roads. Linear infrastructure will cross the mining right boundaries of SRPM (DMRE Ref: NW 30/5/1/2/2/ 82 MR) and Western Platinum (Pty) Ltd (WPL) mining operations (DMRE Ref: NW/30/5/1/2/3/2/2/106 EM.