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Gina Rinehart splashed out $1.3 billion for a 19 per cent stake in lithium hopeful Liontown.

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.

  • Simon Johanson

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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.

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Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has been staging raids on Liontown’s stock.

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.

  • Simon Johanson
Gina Rinehart was shopping for Liontown shares again on Friday.

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.

  • Jesinta Burton
Gina Rinehart increased her Liontown shareholding again on Tuesday.

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.

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Gina Rinehart is taking on the scammers.

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.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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