Liontown Resources
Rinehart-backed Liontown gets $550m loan despite lithium crash
Two of Australia’s biggest banks are backing Gina Rinehart’s favourite lithium miner Liontown Resources, signalling confidence in a pummeled sector.
- by Simon Johanson
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Indonesian nickel boom claims another WA mine, and hundreds of jobs
Battery minerals specialist IGO will close its Cosmos nickel mine in WA’s Goldfields before it is fully complete, slashing 400 jobs.
- by Peter Milne and Simon Johanson
Opinion
Commodity prices
Australia is right in the thick of a critical minerals problem
The critical minerals party music has now stopped, and the mop-up is ugly.
- by Elizabeth Knight
The WA companies that boomed and bombed in 2023
Normally, the saying is you need money to make money, but in WA it seems you need ore to make more – and keep a close watch on China, costs and the energy transition.
- by Peter Milne
Liontown’s lithium rollercoaster crashes after funding scramble
The lithium aspirant’s shareholders have endured a chastening session on the market after its share price crashed 32 per cent on the back of a heavily discounted $1.1 billion fundraising.
- by Peter Milne
Gina Rinehart’s raids sink Liontown lithium takeover
US chemical giant Albemarle has pulled the pin on its proposed takeover of Liontown Resources in the face of a series of raids by Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart.
- by Simon Johanson
Rinehart seizes strategic stake in lithium star Liontown
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has boosted her holdings in the Western Australian miner to just below the 20 per cent takeover threshold.
- by Simon Johanson
Gina Rinehart’s Liontown stake balloons as share raid continues
The billionaire has now dethroned the lithium miner’s chair as its largest shareholder, becoming a critical player in Albemarle’s looming $6.6 billion takeover.
- by Jesinta Burton
Third time’s a charm? Rinehart wrangles bigger stake in Liontown
Billionaire Gina Rinehart has wrangled a stake in Liontown Resources which could afford her the power to disrupt US giant Albemarle’s $6.6 billion takeover.
- by Jesinta Burton
Opinion
Gina Rinehart
Gina Rinehart muscles in to crash the WA lithium party
The billionaire mining magnate is exhibiting a mean poker face as she tries to deal herself into Albermarle’s $6.6 billion takeover of Liontown.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Gina Rinehart’s $500m raid on Liontown gatecrashes $6.6b takeover
Australia’s richest woman is eyeing a seat on the board of Liontown Resources after investing half a billion dollars in the lithium miner.
- by Simon Johanson
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