News Articles for Gina Rinehart

Hancock Prospecting spent $500,000 on donations to arms of the Liberal Party last financial year, in search of a government "more attuned to Australians".

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has widened her stake in Lynas Rare Earths, boosting her interest in the company to almost $500 million.

The state's Environmental Protection Authority has signed off on a request by Gina Rinehart's Atlas Iron to amend the proposal for its Ridley magnetite mine, expanding the project footprint.

Gina Rinehart-backed Arafura Rare Earths has received an additional $200 million in funding from the federal government towards its Nolans project in the Northern Territory.

ANALYSIS: As MinRes prepares for a future without its founder, Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has moved on its gas business and countercyclically acted on an appetite for lithium.

Hancock Prospecting has completed its $1.13-billion acquisition of two Mineral Resources oil and gas exploration permits.

Battery metals player Vulcan Energy Resources will tap investors for $164 million as it moves towards commencing work at its Phase One Lionheart project.

The falling iron ore price has had a big impact on WA's wealthiest.

Gina Rinehart has stepped up her calls for Australia to cut regulation and taxes while also borrowing from US president-elect Donald Trump with the pro-oil slogan ‘Drill Baby Drill'.

An Indian government-backed company which part-owns a $5-billion iron ore project controlled by Hancock Prospecting has been released from ASX purgatory.

Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has grown its stake in Las Vegas-headquartered producer MP Materials, building on the mining magnate's rare earths portfolio.

Shares in Gina Rinehart-backed Vulcan Energy closed trade up 13 per cent to $5.85, following news it had secured €100 million, or $162.3 million, in funding.

Hancock Prospecting has disclosed how much it stumped up to buy a majority stake in the Bunbury Farmers Market.

Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has netted a bumper $5.57 billion profit after recording one of the highest revenues in the company's history.

Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has struck a deal to buy Mineral Resources' Perth Basin gas assets for up to $1.13 billion and pledged to accelerate their development.

Record iron ore shipments have driven a healthy profit for Roy Hill and Gina Rinehart, who has once again taken aim at regulation she says is burdening the industry's prosperity.

Gina Rinehart's Atlas Iron has reported a strong lift in both revenue and net profit but continues to be frustrated by slow approvals for its planned mine projects.

Annual production at Hancock Prospecting's proposed Mulga Downs iron ore mine in the Pilbara has been cut from 20 million tonnes to 12mt after the miner slashed the project footprint.

WA Defence Industry Minister Paul Papalia has endorsed the thinking behind Gina Rinehart's Pilbara ‘iron dome' concept, as the state pushes for protection of its economic heartland.

Gina Rinehart has warned against policies that attack Australia's “mining golden geese”, after Hancock Prospecting was awarded long awaited approvals for its McPhee iron ore project.

Gina Rinehart wants an Israel-style iron dome protecting the Pilbara's multi-billion-dollar resources assets from foreign attacks.

Arafura Rare Earths has signed a memorandum of understanding with Saskatchewan Research Council, as it aims to add further value to its shovel-ready project in the Northern Territory.

Founding Azure Minerals managing director and chief executive Tony Rovira has stepped down from the company, following this year's acquisition by Hancock Prospecting and SQM.

Simply calling something ‘green' doesn't mean much when it comes to convincing a customer to pay more than for a similar non-green product.

A Gina Rinehart-backed battery metals company has begun commissioning its lithium million hydroxide testing plant in central Germany.

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has upped her stake in Lynas Rare Earths, with her foothold in the critical minerals player now worth $404 million.

Arafura Rare Earths is inching closer to making a final investment decision on its Northern Territory project after securing its remaining debt funding.

Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting and its joint venture partners have put a $5 billion price tag on developing a major magnetite mine in the Yilgarn.

Shares in West Perth-based gold producer Catalyst Metals closed trade up 23 per cent on Wednesday to $1.41, following news it produced 110,000 ounces of gold during the 2024 financial year.

A Perth Basin gas project jointly owned by Gina Rinehart's Hancock Energy and John Poynton-chaired Strike Energy has been granted a key state approval.

Multi-generational farming families are making the switch from custodians of land to stewards of wealth.

ASX-listed SRG Global has acquired $225 million worth of contracts across Australia with existing clients.

Arafura Rare Earths has moved one step closer to a final investment decision for its Nolans Project with a $150 million commitment from the Export-Import Bank of Korea.

A proposal by Gina Rinehart-backed Senex Energy to develop and run as many as 151 new coal seam gas wells in Queensland was ticked off by the federal government this week.

Iron ore magnate Gina Rinehart has risen to the top of the state's 2024 Power 500, with her influence over mining projects behind a $45 billion fortune the clinching factor.

Arafura Rare Earths appears to be one step closer towards a final investment decision at its Northern Territory-based Nolans project.

London-headquartered iron ore developer Alien Metals has flagged this year to start building its tiny iron mine in the Pilbara.

The Foreign Investment Review Board has given its tick to a move from a joint venture between Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting and Chilean lithium giant SQM for Azure Minerals.

Entrepreneur Vikas Rambal's $4.4 billion fortune leads a group of dozens of new names to be recognised for their wealth generation in the inaugural Business News Rich List.

Arafura Rare Earths remains confident of achieving a final investment decision for its Northern Territory-based Nolans project by the end of this year.