In this podcast: Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss opposition fracture; Perth house prices; RAC Insurance; Pioneer Credit; BGC stoppage; Hancock Prospecting; Azure Minerals, and private companies wrap.
New financials for Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting have revealed the company made more than $5 billion after tax in 2023, as an ongoing royalties dispute lingers.
In this podcast, Mark Beyer and Simone Grogan discuss lithium takeover battles; the interest rate outlook; local government elections; and profit results from WA's biggest companies, including ABN Group, Perron Group, Roy Hill and Wright Prospecting.
Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has confirmed a strategic 18 per cent stake in lithium takeover target Azure Minerals, which has just agreed to a friendly $1.6 billion deal with SQM.
Mining heirs Michael Wright and Angela Bennett knew they already gave up their interests in mining tenements likely worth in the billions of dollars since the 1980s, the court was told.
Ousted Delta Lithium boss David Flanagan has taken a cheeky swipe at mining billionaires Gina Rinehart and Chris Ellison one month after leaving the junior company.
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart was kept in the dark when her father Lang Hancock transferred shares out of the family trust, a Hancock Prospecting lawyer told the court.
Gina Rinehart-owned Atlas Iron's $605 million McPhee Creek iron ore project has taken a leap towards fruition after it received support from the state's peak environmental body.
Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has continued what has become a near-daily acquisition of Liontown Resources shares, advancing its stake to 18.4 per cent.
Lawyers have disputed Hancock Prospecting's allegation that Wright Prospecting took more than 20 years to start its legal action, during a Supreme Court trial over mining royalties.
Wright Prospecting's claims over Pilbara mining tenements would trump any interests sought by Gina Rinehart's children, lawyers say during a Supreme Court trial over billions of dollars.
The mining billionaire has overtaken chairman Tim Goyder as Liontown Resources' biggest shareholder, spelling a potential headache for Albemarle's proposed acquisition.
Hancock Prospecting has labeled proposed federal industrial relations reform unclear and claimed it could delay the development of the Ridley magnetite project by four years.
The legal showdown over billions of dollars in iron ore royalties has entered the final phase after lawyers of mining heirs start their closing remarks in court.
Hancock Prospecting's latest on-market purchase of Liontown Resources shares could take Gina Rinehart even closer to the top end of the lithium developer's register.
Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has picked another parcel of Liontown Resources shares, accompanied by a further swipe at the explorer's under-construction flagship.
In this podcast, Simone Grogan and Jack McGinn discuss Woodside's big week; Qantas hearing; Mineral Resources; De Grey; South Perth's timber tower; and plans for an ex-premier's house.
Hancock Prospecting has acquired another batch of Liontown Resources shares and continued to air concerns of production and cost risks surrounding the Kathleen Valley development.
The imminent production milestone at Strike Energy's Walyering gas project in the Perth Basin has taken a back-seat as regional rhetoric and policy changes ramp up.
Gina Rinehart's private investment business owns a substantial stake in Albemarle takeover target Liontown Resources and may seek a seat at the board, a disclosure from the group has revealed.
Perth basin-focused developer Strike Energy has blamed inefficiencies in the WA gas market on government policy settings, while singling out Beach Energy and Hancock Prospecting.
The trial over billions of dollars of iron ore royalties has been closed for the court to discuss Rio Tinto's confidential information on the Pilbara mines it co-owns with Hancock Prospecting.
Lawyers for Hancock Prospecting have doubled down on the risk it claimed to have shouldered in the decades taken to develop Pilbara tenements, during a court trial over billions of dollars of royalties.
Lawyers for descendants of mining pioneers Lang Hancock and Peter Wright have stayed busy ironing out issues related to the ongoing trial over billions of dollars in royalties.
Hancock Prospecting chairman Gina Rinehart has invoked an anecdote involving her late father Lang Hancock while endorsing nuclear energy as a cost-effective path to net zero for agriculture.
The relationship breakdown between Lang Hancock and daughter Gina Rinehart during his marriage to Rose Porteous was laid bare during a WA Supreme Court trial over iron ore royalties.
In this podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Aboriginal Cultural Heritage, planning backflip, airlines, road project delays, LNG industrial action, Hancock and more
Hancock Prospecting has thrown its founder Lang Hancock under the bus, claiming he breached his director's duty while married to Rose Porteous, during a Supreme Court trial.
Peter Wright's children allegedly knew about Hancock Prospecting's interest in disputed Pilbara tenements for more than 20 years before starting legal action, the Supreme Court of WA has heard.
Hancock Prospecting has called Wright Prospecting's reading of a 1987 agreement a "legal absurdity" during a Supreme Court trial over billions of dollars in iron ore royalties.
Hancock Prospecting has made its opening submissions during a trial over billions of dollars worth of iron ore royalties, starting off by rebutting claims made by DFD Rhodes.
Bianca Rinehart backflipped on her initial resistance towards siding with her brother John Hancock to fight their mother, Gina Rinehart, the Supreme Court of WA has heard.
Their descendants are fighting in a costly legal showdown, but mining pioneers Lang Hancock, Peter Wright, and Don Rhodes were friends who trusted each other, the Supreme Court of WA has heard.
The spotlight has moved to another WA mining pioneer, Don Rhodes, as DFD Rhodes makes its opening submissions during a lengthy court trial over billions of dollars in iron ore royalties.
Lawyers for Wright Prospecting continue to unearth correspondence exchanged over 40 years, alleging Hancock Prospecting and Gina Rinehart had always known about royalties payment, during a Supreme Court trial.
Wright Prospecting has rubbished Hancock Prospecting's claim that it took on significant financial expenditure and risks in developing iron ore projects on mining tenements in the Pilbara.
