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Sven Lünsche
Sven Lünsche is a Cape Town-based journalist as well as a reporting and communications consultant. He worked for 25 years at leading South African business publications, including as editor of the Sunday Times Business Times and deputy editor of the Financial Mail, and joined Gold Fields as its VP corporate affairs from 2010-2025. After a brief stint with the ICMM in London, he set up his consultancy this year.
What resource nationalism means for Africa’s miners
Governments across Africa are seeking to assert greater control over their mineral wealth by rewriting mining codes, demanding larger equity stakes or greater local…
WGC hopes Ghana will weigh its input amid gold reform
THE World Gold Council hoped that its work helping Ghana formalise its artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector would be “taken into consideration” as the West African…
Even gold’s biggest backer is hedging its bets
GOLD’S first half of 2026 has been a study in contrasts. The metal set 12 record highs during the first six weeks of the year, peaking at $5,500/oz intraday in late January,…
SA minerals policy not credible, says global report
THE world’s 40 largest mining companies delivered a strong performance in 2025, with aggregate revenues climbing 3.3% to $909bn and net profits reaching $120bn. This suggests an…
Harmony Gold rapidly returns to net cash after dealmaking
HARMONY Gold reversed its net debt position by almost R7bn year in the third quarter of its 2026 financial year, as the surging gold price boosted free cash flows of South…
Platinum is back. So why are its miners shunning growth?
WHAT a difference a year makes. In April 2025 the atmosphere at the PGMs Industry Day conference was sombre, with PGM prices still at low levels and the industry facing a cash…
Minerals Council warns against Govt “sandbagging”
THE Minerals Council of South Africa has once again appealed to Government to assist rather than block the growth of the country’s mining industry. Addressing PGM Day 2026, a…
ICCM says government policy has tightened the metals cycle
THE energy transition and its critical minerals supply chain has put mining into the orbit of government policy – with important consequences for the market, said Rohitesh…
Loots rules out deals at current gold prices
IT’S been a transformative year for Pan African Resources, yet the company remains strongly inward focused for its future growth ambitions. Over the past 12 months the company’s…
Why SA rebranded thermal coal a critical mineral
IS coal a critical mineral? The question has risen to prominence since South Africa designated coal as a “highly critical” mineral in its Critical Minerals Strategy released last…
Despite improvements last year, SA mines remain deadly
DESPITE a marginal decline in the number of fatalities on South African mines, the poor safety performance of the industry continues to cast a shadow over the sector. The…
SA mining uncompetitive as economic constraints persist
THE Minerals Council South Africa (MCSA) tried to strike a diplomatic stance when it launched its 2026 State of Mining Report, which traditionally kicks off the Mining Indaba in…
Precious metals to the rescue for SA budget
THE recent boom in gold and platinum group metal (PGM) prices is set to provide the South African fiscus with a much-needed boom over the next few years. A report released by RMB…
BHP backs Orion Minerals’ Northern Cape exploration
BHP, the world’s largest miner, announced today that it is partnering with JSE and ASX-listed Orion Minerals to advance Orion’s extensive copper and zinc exploration programme in…
Demand and supply for gold hit record levels in 2025 – WGC
IT’S not only the gold price that is setting new records. The fundamentals supporting the gold market, as set out in the World Gold Council’s (WGC) 2025 Gold Demand Trend report,…