Driven by decades of loss, the Banjima people are taking action to force accountability for those responsible for Australia's worst industrial disaster.
The state government is weighing up its response to an ultimatum from traditional owners to remediate Wittenoom's deadly asbestos tailings or face legal action.
The family company established by Pilbara mining pioneer, the late Don Rhodes, has reported another bumper profit as it continues to benefit from very large iron ore royalty payments.
Mitsui's new stake in Rio Tinto's Rhodes Ridge iron ore project has unlocked $10 billion in wealth for the heirs of Peter Wright, pushing Angela Bennett into fifth on our Rich List.
The Supreme Court of Western Australia has ordered Julian Wright to disclose his litigation funder and attend court, as the dispute over his stake in the family's mining empire continues.
Perth company Wright Prospecting has reported another massive profit as its low-key owners reap the benefits of an iron ore royalties deal negotiated more than 50 years ago.
New financial reports show a handful of Aboriginal groups gaining more income from mining royalties but others going backwards, while the sector as a whole remains the poor cousin.
The state government could be dragged to court by Pilbara traditional owners for failing to clean up Wittenoom's mountains of deadly asbestos tailings.
Wittenoom's asbestos tailings would cost $200 million to clean up, according to a buried state government report which also details a preferred remediation method
The complex litigation over iron ore royalties resumed in court with Hancock Prospecting's lawyer coming out swinging against claims made by Gina Rinehart's children.
Gina Rinehart's eldest children have shown up to observe the Supreme Court trial disputing the ownership of assets under their grandfather's mining empire.
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.
Perth's super-rich Wright family has reaped a further $235 million in profits from iron ore royalties, but the most revealing number in their family company accounts was the big spend on lawyers.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
A lawyer for Wright Prospecting claims Gina Rinehart and her father Lang Hancock knew disputed Pilbara tenements were held on behalf of the Hancock and Wright partnership since the mid-1980s, a court heard today.
