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Mineral Resources founder Chris Ellison.

Mineral Resources boss takes on media to keep court row under wraps

Lawyers for Mineral Resources’ beleaguered chief Chris Ellison have argued the court should maintain sweeping gag orders over his now-settled row with a former contracts boss.

  • Jesinta Burton

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Mineral Resources was founded by Chris Ellison, who remains its managing director. He says he will leave the company in the next 18 months.

Court amends MinRes secrecy order over explosive files in Pigozzo row

The Federal Court has amended a secrecy order over a handful of documents in embattled MinRes chief Chris Ellison’s now-settled row with a former contracts boss, as the media fights to stop them being permanently scrubbed from the court file.

  • Jesinta Burton
Mineral Resources was founded by Chris Ellison, who remains its managing director. He says he will leave the company in the next 18 months.

‘I can’t express how much I hate what I have done’: Mining billionaire Chris Ellison fronts shareholders

In a brief statement at the miner’s annual general meeting Ellison expressed deep regret over the tax scandal that had cost him his job and assured shareholders he had repaid all personal expenses the company footed the bill for.

  • Jesinta Burton
Chris Ellison will have to face MinRes shareholders on November 21.

MinRes boss Chris Ellison, board brace to face shareholder fury after tax scandal

He gained a reputation as the proudly uninhibited billionaire mining boss behind Mineral Resources’ meteoric rise, but it was what Chris Ellison kept hidden that led to his downfall.

  • Jesinta Burton
WA Premier Roger Cook last week.

Cook rules out MinRes money return despite ‘disappointing’ tax scandal

Premier Roger Cook has expressed his disappointment, but stopped short of saying he’d hand back $9000 in donations the scandal-engulfed miner made to WA Labor.

  • Jesinta Burton
Chris Ellison of Minerals Resources in a press conference after their AGM in Perth.

MinRes boss Chris Ellison to step down, fork out millions over tax scandal

The managing director will vacate his role and pay a multimillion-dollar penalty after a major probe concluded he had used company resources for personal gain.

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

Hancock Prospecting inks $1.1 billion gas deal with Mineral Resources

Gina Rinehart will spend up to $1.1 billion to acquire Mineral Resources’ Lockyer gas project and half of its remaining onshore assets in WA, ending weeks of speculation.

  • Jesinta Burton
Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison.

MinRes board in damage control over ‘tax evasion’ probe amid share-price spiral

The board will detail how it intends to handle an alleged tax evasion scheme involving founder Chris Ellison, as $2.4 billion is shaved off the company’s value.

  • Jesinta Burton
Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison.

Mineral Resources board mum on ‘tax evasion’ probe as share price plunges

The board of mining giant Mineral Resources is remaining tight-lipped on the external probe it launched into an alleged tax evasion scheme involving its billionaire founder Chris Ellison, as its share price plunges on the back of the saga.

  • Jesinta Burton
WA Premier Roger Cook.

Cook defends accepting donations from gas players while developing new policies that benefit them

This is despite his own government accusing the National Party of being “owned by the gun lobby” a week ago for accepting a $50,000 donation from the Sporting Shooters Association of WA.

  • Hamish Hastie

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