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Gina Rinehart and Elon Musk

IPOsPremiumRinehart bets $2b on ‘exceptional, brilliant’ Musk’s SpaceX

Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest person, bought eight million shares of Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the second quarter and poured several hundred million dollars more into US equities, filings show.

Ainslie Chandler and Anders Melin

A spokesperson for Hancock Iron Ore said the decision followed a routine operational review.

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Rinehart’s Hancock Iron Ore axes jobs across Pilbara

Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Iron Ore has started cutting hundreds of jobs across its Pilbara empire in a move the company claims will add another decade of life to ageing mines.

Daniel Newell and Caitlin Vinci

The rare earths processing plant will be the first integrated project of its kind in Australia. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

MiningPremiumRinehart’s rare earths project gets fast-track approval

In a move to fast track development of a rare earths mine and processing plant it has been declared a project of profound economic significance.

Lloyd Jones

Gina Rinehart is diving deeper into rare earths.

MiningPremiumRinehart cornerstones $375m Arafura capital raise

Australia’s richest person has poured more of her money into Arafura Rare Earths, a day after the Federal Government agreed to buy some of the company’s future output in a landmark deal.

Adrian Rauso

An aerial shot of Arafura’s Nolans project.

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Rinehart-backed Arafura gets tick after government pledge

Arafura Rare Earths’ mine will move into construction after becoming the first project to be backed by the Federal Government’s critical minerals strategic reserve.

Katina Curtis

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MiningPremiumRinehart grows rare earths exposure in US

Gina Rinehart has expanded her rare earths empire after taking a near $US23 million ($31m) stake in a newly listed US critical minerals junior.

Daniel Newell

Wright Prospecting's Angela Bennett, left, and Hancock Prospecting's Gina Rinehart had gone head-to-head in a multibillion-dollar legal battle over mining royalties.

MiningPremiumAppeal keeps fight over Hope Downs royalties alive

Gina Rinehart and Angela Bennett’s long-running court battle over Pilbara iron ore royalty riches may not be over quite yet.

Daniel Newell

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MiningPremium‘Clear win’: WA mining veteran hands Rinehart victory

A stalwart of the WA mining industry says the chips have fallen more in billionaire Gina Rinehart’s favour after the WA Supreme Court settled a long-running feud over Hope Downs royalties.

Daniel Newell

Left to right: Mining magnate Lang Hancock, Wright Prospecting boss Angela Bennett, Hancock Prospecting boss Gine Rinehart and Peter Wright.

MiningVideoPremiumWho are the billionaires battling over lucrative WA mines?

Some are household names. Some are highly reclusive. Here’s the who’s who in the epic Supreme Court battle over billions of dollars from WA’s lucrative iron ore mines.

Matt Mckenzie

Wright Prospecting's Angela Bennett, left, and Hancock Prospecting's Gina Rinehart had gone head-to-head in a multibillion-dollar legal battle over mining royalties.

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Wright family and Rinehart both claim wins in mining battle

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting and Angela Bennett’s Wright Prospecting have both had a partial win in a multimillion-dollar legal battle over some of the world’s most valuable iron ore areas.

Rebecca Le May and John Flint

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MiningPremiumD-Day for Hancock and Bennett’s mining royalty showdown

Two of Australia’s wealthiest citizens will today find out who is entitled to billions of dollars worth of mining royalties and assets.

Emma Kirk

Vulcan Energy chairm Francis Wedin.

MiningPremiumGermany gifts Rinehart’s Vulcan a royalty holiday

The Gina Rinehart-backed company has been granted a five-year royalty holiday for future lithium production at its Lionheart project. 

Adrian Rauso

Arafura Rare Earths’ Nolans project in the Northern Territory.

MiningPremiumTaxpayer funds for Rinehart-backed Arafura now tops $1.2b

The new investment lifts taxpayer support for the critical minerals play and its flagship Northern Territory project past $1.2 billion.

Sean Smith

Gina Rinehart's Hancok Prospecting was hoping to add a helipad to its new HQ in West Perth.

Commercial PropertyPremium‘No basis for refusal’: Hancock hits out at helipad no-go

Gina Rinehart’s mining company has expressed disappointment after the City of Perth refused a proposal to build a helipad on the iron ore giant’s new West Perth office.

Caleb Runciman

(L-R) Godrey Taylor, Rick Cullen, Catriona Macleod, Godfrey Taylor and Sally Bruce.

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Law firm in Rinehart’s huge royalty battle acquired

One of the local law firms feasting on a high-stakes stoush between Gina Rinehart and two rival WA iron ore dynasties has been bought out.

Adrian Rauso

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MiningPremiumHancock’s value grows but cash for Rinehart slows

The value of Gina Rinehart’s flagship company has increased by $3 billion but less cash flowed to Australia’s richest person.

Adrian Rauso

St George Mining executive chairman John Prineas.

MiningPremiumRinehart tips $22.5m into red-hot St George’s raising

Gina Rinehart is taking another big punt on a rare earths play, with her Hancock Prospecting acquiring a $22.5 million cornerstone stake in Brazil-focused St George Mining.

Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso

Artists’ impression of the Hancock Prospecting development in West Perth.

‘Iconic development’Premium$250m West Perth twin towers for Rinehart’s Hancock get nod

Gina Rinehart’s plan to build a $250 million business hub in the heart of West Perth will soon become a reality after it was approved by WA’s planning authority on Wednesday. 

Harriet Flinn & Michael Palmer

Gina Rinehart.

MediaRinehart bets big on Trump’s Truth Social

Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, has significantly increased her bet on US President Donald Trump’s Truth Social social media platform. 

Danielle Le Messurier

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MiningPremiumLiontown CEO’s apology for comments on Rinehart investments

Liontown Resources boss Tony Ottaviano has issued an apology over comments he made about largest backer Gina Rinehart’s decision to sit-out a $286 million capital raising.

Daniel Newell

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has revealed plans to install a helipad at its proposed new multi-million dollar Roy Hill headquarters in West Perth. 

MiningPremiumHancock plans to install helipad at new HQ in Perth

It would be used to facilitate private corporate flights, as well as a backup landing option for emergency services for nearby hospitals and the Royal Flying Doctors Service. 

Jessica Evensen

Employees load a truck with bags of rare earth concentrates at the Mountain Pass mine, operated by MP Materials.

MiningApple seals mega rare earths deal with Rinehart-backed MP

Tech giant Apple has struck a $US500 million ($767m) deal to buy rare earth minerals from Gina Rinehart-backed MP Materials, the US producer that just last week secured backing from the Pentagon.

Carlos Caminada

Incoming Rio Tinto CEO Simon Trott and Gina Rinehart

MiningPremiumLondon calling? Rinehart tells Trott to shift Rio HQ to WA

Australia’s richest person has suggested Rio Tinto’s incoming chief should move company headquarters to WA and made a tongue-in-cheek dig at the mining giant’s African iron ore ambitions.

Adrian Rauso

Gina Rinehart

MiningRinehart labels net zero a ‘magic pudding’, talks up the US

Gina Rinehart says net zero is an ‘unobtainable and expensive magic pudding’, and believes Australia should follow the lead of the United States.

Adrian Rauso