Rio Tinto caught in the middle of war between Australian mining dynasties
Lawyers for the Anglo-Australian firm have been in the state's Supreme Court seeking to fend off claims over billions of dollars in iron ore royalties.
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Lawyers for the Anglo-Australian firm have been in the state's Supreme Court seeking to fend off claims over billions of dollars in iron ore royalties.
Australia’s wealthiest person has urged the federal government to slash the fuel excise and says councils should freeze rates for six months to help beat cost-of-living woes.
Documents unearthed in a multibillion-dollar court fight reveal Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting warned a syndicate of bankers that other dynasties may chase royalties.
Fortescue has sent its first shipment of African iron ore to Asia, while Rio vows to spend half a decade proving up Australia’s next big mine.
The brawl has been described as a lawyers’ picnic, but are the WA mining dynasties wrangling over Hope Downs dining out on public resources?