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Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest battle it out in green energy race
Which iron ore magnate has more money invested in advancing the energy transition? Green evangelist Andrew Forrest or culture warrior Gina Rinehart? Believe it or not, at this point it’s neck and neck.
- by David Fickling
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Diary lays bare birth of Pilbara mining dynasties’ royalty row
Diary entries unearthed in court during a high-stakes legal stoush have laid bare Wright Prospecting’s frantic effort to determine whether it had been swindled in Gina Rinehart’s joint venture deal with Rio Tinto.
- by Jesinta Burton
‘They’ve made their bed’: Gina Rinehart’s lawyers slam kids’ legal attack
The mining magnate’s lawyers have levelled a scathing attack against her eldest children for claiming her absence from the high-stakes Hope Downs battle implied guilt.
- by Jesinta Burton
Liontown’s lithium rollercoaster crashes after funding scramble
The lithium aspirant’s shareholders have endured a chastening session on the market after its share price crashed 32 per cent on the back of a heavily discounted $1.1 billion fundraising.
- by Peter Milne
Gina Rinehart’s raids sink Liontown lithium takeover
US chemical giant Albemarle has pulled the pin on its proposed takeover of Liontown Resources in the face of a series of raids by Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart.
- by Simon Johanson
Rinehart seizes strategic stake in lithium star Liontown
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has boosted her holdings in the Western Australian miner to just below the 20 per cent takeover threshold.
- by Simon Johanson
‘Question marks’: Rinehart, Rio meeting notes show pair mulled possibility of royalty row
Huddled around the board table in the days before joining forces to develop Hope Downs, Rio Tinto’s top deal maker posed a question to billionaire Gina Rinehart that has tormented them since.
- by Jesinta Burton
Gina Rinehart’s Liontown stake balloons as share raid continues
The billionaire has now dethroned the lithium miner’s chair as its largest shareholder, becoming a critical player in Albemarle’s looming $6.6 billion takeover.
- by Jesinta Burton
Final countdown: WA’s iron ore heirs have the final word in multibillion-dollar feud
After more than two dozen hearings spent poring over 60 years worth of history, the multibillion-dollar showdown between magnate Gina Rinehart, her children and two rival mining dynasties is drawing to a close.
- by Jesinta Burton
Third time’s a charm? Rinehart wrangles bigger stake in Liontown
Billionaire Gina Rinehart has wrangled a stake in Liontown Resources which could afford her the power to disrupt US giant Albemarle’s $6.6 billion takeover.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Gina Rinehart muscles in to crash the WA lithium party
The billionaire mining magnate is exhibiting a mean poker face as she tries to deal herself into Albermarle’s $6.6 billion takeover of Liontown.
- by Elizabeth Knight