In a move to fast track development of a rare earths mine and processing plant it has been declared a project of profound economic significance.
Lloyd Jones
Australia’s richest person has poured more of her money into Arafura Rare Earths, a day after the Federal Government agreed to buy some of the company’s future output in a landmark deal.
Adrian Rauso
Arafura Rare Earths’ mine will move into construction after becoming the first project to be backed by the Federal Government’s critical minerals strategic reserve.
Katina Curtis
Gina Rinehart has expanded her rare earths empire after taking a near $US23 million ($31m) stake in a newly listed US critical minerals junior.
Daniel Newell
Gina Rinehart and Angela Bennett’s long-running court battle over Pilbara iron ore royalty riches may not be over quite yet.
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.
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.
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.
