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Plibersek’s EPA a threat to mining, claims WA premier

West Australian Premier Roger Cook said a deal crunched between Tanya Plibersek and the Greens to establish an environment protection agency would have posed a risk to the state’s mining industry and nation’s prosperity.

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Australian Mine of the Year

Roy Hill took home two prizes from the 2024 Australian Mining Prospect Awards.

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National Mining and Related Industries Day 2024

On the 22nd November, people travelled from all over Australia, to come together in outback Australia to celebrate National Mining and Related Industries Day. The gala event was held at Santos’s Moomba gas field in South Australia.

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Rinehart pushes Trump agenda

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’.

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Happy 70th Birthday Year Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd

25 November is another important date in the Hancock calendar – it is the date that Lang Hancock and his wife, Hope (nee Nicholas) founded Hancock Prospecting.

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Rinehart’s McPhee breaks ground

Gina Rinehart’s Atlas Iron has celebrated the official turning of first soil at the McPhee Creek iron ore mine in Western Australia.

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Ground broken at McPhee

Yesterday marked an exciting and important milestone with the official turning of first soil for our newest iron ore mine – McPhee Creek.

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Rinehart toasts Roy Hill record, scorns govt

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.

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Rinehart uses bumper Roy Hill profit to revive war on government ‘tape’

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart’s flagship company Roy Hill has recorded another bumper profit following record shipments from its namesake iron ore mine, but warned government tape threatened to stifle plans underpinning its continued operation.

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Atlas Iron defers Ridley investment call as ‘onerous’ approvals slow Gina Rinehart’s foray into magnetite

Hancock Prospecting has deferred part of its plans to tap into the WA magnetite market and delayed a final investment decision on its proposed Ridley mine, pinning the move on approvals uncertainty and water supply.

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