Platinum-group metal (PGM) tailings reprocessing company Tailing Technology (Tailtech) is investigating the potential development of a tailings plant to add value to an existing operation owned by platinum miner Anglo American Platinum (Amplats). Tailtech MD Dave Baigent explains that, normally, underground mines send material through a concentrator, extraction takes place and the waste/tailings are deposited in a tailings dam. "We saw a gap in the market for the installation of a plant at the back-end of an existing mine to retreat tailings material, adding value for the client by increasing recoveries, as well as acting as a safety net for the concentrator to catch any PGMs that could be lost to concentrator instability." Baigent says an offtake agreement is pending, which, once signed, will enable Tailtech, based in the North West and Gauteng, to construct a tailings reprocessing facility at the back-end of the Amplats mining operation.