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Rinehart with former Liberal Party vice president Teena McQueen (left), and Nigel Farage, the leader of the conservative UK Reform party, at Trump’s election watch party.

Rinehart’s right-hand woman still partying at Mar-a-Lago

Gina Rinehart’s flown home but Teena McQueen’s still at Mar-a-Lago, dancing to YMCA with Argentinian President Javier Milei.

  • Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
Tony Ottaviano is under no illusions that the game has changed for lithium, and Liontown needs to adapt.

Liontown survived the lithium carnage, but can it handle Donald Trump?

After taking a wild ride in lithium over the past year, Liontown Resources thinks it can also adapt to whatever the Trump administration produces.

  • Jennifer Hewett
Anthony Pratt with US President Donald Trump back in 2019.

Pratt announces move to the US

One of Australia’s richest men is a member of Donald Trump’s private Florida club, Mar-a-Lago, and has previously voiced admiration for the US president-elect.

  • Primrose Riordan

Forrest debt feud threatens future of rare earths hopeful Hastings

The West Australian developer took a loan from its chairman, angering its biggest financier, the billionaire businessman’s private mining vehicle.

  • Peter Ker
Gina Rinehart with Elon Musk at their meeting after the re-election of Donald Trump.

Rinehart meets Musk after Trump’s victory

Gina Rinehart congratulated Elon Musk at a private meeting the two billionaires held in the US after Donald Trump’s re-election.

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  • Tom Rabe and Matthew Cranston
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Former Liberal Party federal vice president Teena McQueen (left), Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart (centre) and the leader of the conservative UK Reform party, Nigel Farage at Donald Trump’s election watch party.

Gina Rinehart linked to luxury Palm Beach property market

The mining billionaire attended Donald Trump’s Florida party after rumours she’s been in the Palm Beach real estate market.

  • Mark Di Stefano
MinRes chief financial officer and company secretary Mark Wilson, and managing director Chris Ellison.

Ellison’s executives revealed as owners in blockbuster lithium IPO

Mark Wilson was among a group of executives who report to Chris Ellison, who bought into Kali Metals – the miner targeted by Mineral Resources.

  • Mark Di Stefano and Neil Chenoweth

Mark Creasy banks lithium windfall by selling at the top

The legendary explorer has more than doubled annual profits at his flagship private company.

  • Peter Ker
Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison has created a big hole for his board.

Has Gina Rinehart saved Chris Ellison from the MinRes mess?

After two weeks of pain, MinRes shareholders have something to smile about thanks to a big gas deal. But a tricky decision still looms for the board.

  • James Thomson

October

Gina Rinehart is targeting the WA domestic gas market

Gina Rinehart emerges as gas major as Hancock posts $5.6b profit

The country’s richest person’s private vehicle, Hancock Prospecting, boosted earnings as it shipped more iron ore from its big West Australian mines.

  • Mark Wembridge, Angela Macdonald-Smith and Elouise Fowler
Two key players in lithium, Gina Rinehart and Chris Ellison, pictured in 2021.

MinRes cuts hundreds of jobs and slows lithium mine construction

The disclosure of the job losses came at the same time as the company said it had sold gas assets to Gina Rinehart for $1.1 billion and closed an iron ore mine.

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  • Elouise Fowler
Peter Dutton and Gina Rinehart at the party in the Pilbara.

Gina Rinehart buys Peter Dutton’s table for Perth party

The list of things the opposition leader has to be thankful for Rinehart keeps getting longer.

  • Mark Di Stefano
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Rinehart’s $1b MinRes deal; ‘Garbage’ row erupts; Coles’ big squeeze

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Gina Rinehart.

Roy Hill’s record year provides Rinehart with $2.8b payday

The iron ore producer almost tripled its dividend, translating to a big pay day for Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart.

  • Mark Wembridge
From left: Labor MP Anne Aly, Woodside chairman Richard Goyder, Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill, Albanese, Jodie Heydon, CEO of HanRoy Sanjiv Manchanda with his partner.

Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton gather in the court of Kerry Stokes

The Telethon Ball held in Perth on Saturday was the annual pilgrimage for politicians and business figures.

  • Mark Di Stefano
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Gina Rinehart sitting for a portrait in Paris.

Gina Rinehart’s portrait keeps getting younger

The country’s richest person looks to be on a mission to re-cast her image since the Namatjira controversy earlier this year.

  • Mark Di Stefano
Mt Cattlin mine in Western Australia.

Why Australian miners are feeling anxious

The market and the miners were primed for good news from Beijing but they didn’t get it. Now it’s back to basics – or bids like Rio Tinto’s for Arcadium.

  • Jennifer Hewett
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Iron ore to hit $US120; Rinehart slashes mine plan; PE’s dirty little secret

In today’s news, iron ore to hit $US120 as China ramps up stimulus, Rinehart slashes plans for next big mine, and why private equity’s dirty little secret worries this investment titan.

Gina Rinehart, the billionaire executive chairman of Hancock Prospecting, has long been critical of environmental regulation.

Gina Rinehart slashes plans for next big mine as ESG factors hit

The billionaire businesswoman has dramatically scaled back the proposed Mulga Downs iron ore project by 40 per cent to overcome environmental concerns.

  • Peter Ker
John Hancock.

Hancock scion looks to Arctic Circle for next big copper discovery

A company backed by John Hancock, grandson of Lang, has found copper grades of up to 64 per cent in far northern Canada.

  • Tom Rabe and Peter Ker

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