On eve of triumph, Rinehart lashes out at sceptics

Original article by Julie-anne Sprague
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 10-Dec-15

Bulk carrier "MV Anangel Explorer" is scheduled to leave Port Hedland with the first shipment from the Roy Hill iron ore project on 10 December 2015. Exports had initially been slated to commence by the end of the third quarter, and mining magnate Gina Rinehart has criticised the media for unduly focusing on the delays at Roy Hill rather than the project’s achievements. Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting holds a 70 per cent stake in the project.

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ROY HILL IRON ORE PTY LTD, HANCOCK PROSPECTING PTY LTD, CITIGROUP PTY LTD, MERRILL LYNCH (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION, POSCO, MARUBENI CORPORATION, CHINA STEEL CORPORATION

Rinehart to Labor: follow Malcolm’s lead and ditch carbon tax

Original article by Perry Williams
The Age – Page: 25 : 4-Dec-15

The Australian Labor Party’s 2016 federal election platform will include an emissions trading scheme. However, mining magnate Gina Rinehart has urged the Opposition to commit to not introducing a carbon tax, arguing that governments should not be imposing any taxes on companies that reduce their ability to compete internationally. Rinehart has also noted the dearth of major greenfield mining projects in Australia following the start of production at her Roy Hill iron ore project.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, ROY HILL IRON ORE PTY LTD, HANCOCK PROSPECTING PTY LTD, POSCHELK DENTAL SURGERIES, MARUBENI CORPORATION, CHINA STEEL CORPORATION, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA

Rinehart adds $30m station for Wagyu beef

Original article by Matthew Cranston
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 16-Nov-15

Australian businesswoman Gina Rinehart has paid $A30m for the 10,000-hectare Glencoe Station in New South Wales. The acquisition will allow Rinehart to further expand her Wagyu beef business, after she paid $A25m for two cattle properties and a Wagyu herd in 2014. A number of other Australian business leaders have expanded into the agricultural sector in recent years.

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HANCOCK PROSPECTING PTY LTD, MEAT AND LIVESTOCK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED, MCG GROUP PTY LTD, HARTLEY GRAZING COMPANY PTY LTD, MILNE AGRIGROUP PTY LTD, LIVERINGA STATION BEEF PTY LTD

Rinehart blames high costs on government

Original article by Julie-Anne Sprague
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 19 & 24 : 12-Mar-15

Billionaire Gina Rinehart says high labour costs have a bigger impact on the profitability of Australian mining companies than low commodity prices. She stated on 11 March 2015 that the regulatory burden is too heavy and costly for companies. Roy Hill Holdings CEO Barry Fitzgerald revealed that the company had to seek more than 4,000 approvals for its iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia

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ROY HILL HOLDINGS PTY LTD, POSCO AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, MARUBENI AUSTRALIA LIMITED, CHINA STEEL AUSTRALIA LIMITED, CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INCORPORATED, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, VALE SA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET

Rinehart sues for Hancock ‘falsehoods’

Original article by Jared Lynch
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 21 : 3-Mar-15

Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart is seeking damages from Nine Entertainment Company for alleged defamation. Rinehart says that 20 "glaring errors" were made in Nine’s two-part TV series "House of Hancock". Her claims, including that Nine committed the tort of injurious or malicious falsehood, were filed in the Supreme Court of New South Wales in late February 2015

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NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES, HANCOCK PROSPECTING PTY LTD

Rinehart in secret talks on Fairfax

Original article by Sharri Markson
The Australian – Page: 19 : 10-Sep-14

A spokesman for mining magnate Gina Rinehart has downplayed speculation that she is planning to make a takeover bid for Fairfax Media. Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting holds a 14.99 per cent stake in the media group, and it has been revealed that she held talks with Matt Handbury regarding a bid for Fairfax in 2012. Handbury sold Murdoch Magazines in 2004 and Murdoch Books in 2012

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FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, HANCOCK PROSPECTING PTY LTD, MURDOCH MAGAZINES PTY LTD, MURDOCH BOOKS PTY LTD, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, ALLEN AND UNWIN PTY LTD