This Month
Gina Rinehart wants a helipad and ‘meow terrace’ at her $270m Perth HQ
Australia’s richest person wants to spend $270 million redeveloping her company’s two Perth sites including a new facade and a “cat” meeting room.
June
Iron ore giants champion Pilbara after Forrest’s ‘wasteland’ warning
BHP says the resource-rich region can adapt to evolving industry trends, with Rio and Hancock Prospecting also hitting back at recent criticism.
Billionaire bust-up spells trouble for decades old mining empire
The two octogenarian founders of global commodities giant AMCI have had a bitter falling out, and it has paralysed one of Australia’s most successful miners.
October 2024
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.
September 2024
Gina Rinehart continues her father’s tax crusade
After years railing against the burden of government regulations, the iron ore billionaire is winning support for another key policy passion – lower taxes for northern Australians.
February 2024
Gina Rinehart goes asking for thanks at Sky News Bali
Senior politicians have been struck with disclosure amnesia around the mining billionaire’s lavish parties. Lucky there’s video!
The country’s most secretive billionaires are about to get much richer
Angela Bennett never wanted the family business. The daughter of prospector Peter Wright almost sold it all. Now it’s about to become a bonanza.
December 2023
Lang Hancock behaved like his mining empire was ‘extension of himself’
Mining icon Lang Hancock thought he could do as he pleased with assets held by his company, but he breached his fiduciary duties, Gina Rinehart’s lawyers say.
November 2023
Gina Rinehart gets a mid-air boot licking
Australia’s richest person lamented the lack of thanks government gives to the mining industry. One Coalition MP was happy to fix that.
Rose, indiscretion and money: Why Rinehart and her father fell out
Decades old private correspondence between a mining icon and his daughter, Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart, sheds new light on their relationship breakdown.
Gina Rinehart ‘castigated’ father over mining venture
The billionaire thought her father Lang Hancock’s scheme to sell iron ore to communist Romania was “foolhardy and reckless”, lawyers told a WA court.
‘Here to defend my grandfather’: John Hancock makes shock WA court appearance
Lawyers for Mr Hancock and his sister, Bianca Rinehart, claimed that Hancock Prospecting’s stake in Hope Downs should belong to Lang Hancock’s grandchildren.
How Rio Tinto changed Australia
The group’s pioneering role in the Pilbara helped transform the nation through engagement with Asia. A new book reveals the full story for the first time.
Rinehart, MinRes tip into Delta Lithium $70m raise
Joint lead managers Bell Potter and Canaccord Genuity were rounding up investors on Monday morning.
Rio, Rinehart discussed risk of third-party claim to mine venture
Senior Rio Tinto executives and Gina Rinehart discussed in 2005 the risk that their iron ore joint venture may attract a claim from another Perth dynasty.
Revealed: Deal protecting Rio if Rinehart loses heavyweight court bout
Rio Tinto’s foresight may ultimately limit its exposure to a multibillion-dollar legal battle between two of Australian richest women.
October 2023
Old diary entry casts doubt over lucrative claim to Hancock mining assets
An 18-year-old diary entry from a former Wright Prospecting executive has cast doubt over a billionaire family’s claim to ownership and lucrative royalties flowing from one of Gina Rinehart’s Pilbara mines.
August 2023
Rinehart family dispute consumes high-stakes WA mining trial
The messy Rinehart family feud took centre stage at the WA Supreme Court this week.
‘Leave me alone’: Lang Hancock’s 1989 plea to daughter Gina Rinehart
Pilbara legend Lang Hancock pleaded with his daughter, Gina Rinehart, to stop a barrage of criticism over his business and romantic dealings, asking her to “leave me alone to live the rest of my life in peace”.
Farmers can’t afford net zero, says Rinehart
Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, said governments should help the agriculture sector with the cost of electrifying all their farm equipment.