A stalwart of the WA mining industry says the chips have fallen more in billionaire Gina Rinehart’s favour after the WA Supreme Court settled a long-running feud over Hope Downs royalties.
Daniel Newell
Some are household names. Some are highly reclusive. Here’s the who’s who in the epic Supreme Court battle over billions of dollars from WA’s lucrative iron ore mines.
Matt Mckenzie
Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting and Angela Bennett’s Wright Prospecting have both had a partial win in a multimillion-dollar legal battle over some of the world’s most valuable iron ore areas.
Rebecca Le May and John Flint
Two of Australia’s wealthiest citizens will today find out who is entitled to billions of dollars worth of mining royalties and assets.
Emma Kirk
The Gina Rinehart-backed company has been granted a five-year royalty holiday for future lithium production at its Lionheart project.
Adrian Rauso
The new investment lifts taxpayer support for the critical minerals play and its flagship Northern Territory project past $1.2 billion.
Sean Smith
Gina Rinehart’s mining company has expressed disappointment after the City of Perth refused a proposal to build a helipad on the iron ore giant’s new West Perth office.
Caleb Runciman
One of the local law firms feasting on a high-stakes stoush between Gina Rinehart and two rival WA iron ore dynasties has been bought out.
The value of Gina Rinehart’s flagship company has increased by $3 billion but less cash flowed to Australia’s richest person.
Gina Rinehart is taking another big punt on a rare earths play, with her Hancock Prospecting acquiring a $22.5 million cornerstone stake in Brazil-focused St George Mining.
Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso
Gina Rinehart’s plan to build a $250 million business hub in the heart of West Perth will soon become a reality after it was approved by WA’s planning authority on Wednesday.
Harriet Flinn & Michael Palmer
Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, has significantly increased her bet on US President Donald Trump’s Truth Social social media platform.
Danielle Le Messurier
Liontown Resources boss Tony Ottaviano has issued an apology over comments he made about largest backer Gina Rinehart’s decision to sit-out a $286 million capital raising.
It would be used to facilitate private corporate flights, as well as a backup landing option for emergency services for nearby hospitals and the Royal Flying Doctors Service.
Jessica Evensen
Tech giant Apple has struck a $US500 million ($767m) deal to buy rare earth minerals from Gina Rinehart-backed MP Materials, the US producer that just last week secured backing from the Pentagon.
Carlos Caminada
Australia’s richest person has suggested Rio Tinto’s incoming chief should move company headquarters to WA and made a tongue-in-cheek dig at the mining giant’s African iron ore ambitions.
Gina Rinehart says net zero is an ‘unobtainable and expensive magic pudding’, and believes Australia should follow the lead of the United States.
Australia’s most prolific iron ore miner and the country’s richest person have agreed to invest more than $2 billion to keep the Hope Downs mining operation alive.
Gina Rinehart has revealed plans to create a single iron ore powerhouse by merging Roy Hill with Atlas Iron in a major shake-up of the billionaire’s business empire.
Australia’s richest person just got a little richer overnight after United States President Donald Trump said he would ‘dramatically expand’ his country’s production of rare earth materials.
Australia’s richest person and a South Korean conglomerate are joining forces to scout the globe for a new lithium factory.
Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart has called for ‘genuine’ leaders to take the country forward in the new Trump era as she lambasted the ‘green ideology’ for stalling investment in a range of sectors.
She didn’t blink yesterday when she paid more than $1 billion for the oil and gas assets owned by fellow rich lister Chris Ellison — a transaction that brings us back to her rivalry with Forrest.
Ben Harvey
Gina Rinehart has renewed her attack on red and green tape after sharing in a staggering $4 billion dividend windfall by iron ore flagship Roy Hill.
Simone Grogan
