Premier Roger Cook and Treasurer Rita Saffioti have been named the state's most powerful people, edging out mining magnates Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest in the 2025 Power 500.
Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart is bringing Roy Hill and Atlas Iron under the new banner of Hancock Iron Ore to make the iron ore producers "more productive".
Pilbara Minerals managing director and chief executive Dale Henderson says the lithium sector should consider how Australia can become more competitive against other global markets.
Premier Roger Cook has defended the state's heritage protections, after a report emerged that Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting plans to demolish a 120-year-old cottage in West Perth.
The family company established by Pilbara mining pioneer, the late Don Rhodes, has reported another bumper profit as it continues to benefit from very large iron ore royalty payments.
Hancock Prospecting has hit a planning hurdle in its bid to put up a large sign at its West Perth office, with the City of Perth recommending it be refused.
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".
Strike Energy has not ruled out asset divestment as part of a strategic review of its operations, while its new management prepares to meet joint venture partner Hancock Prospecting today.
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.
The near-term supply outlook for Western Australia's domestic gas market has improved this year, but 2028 looms as a critical juncture in the state's energy future.
Strike Energy will build its $137 million South Erregulla gas power plant, but a final call on its West Erregulla joint venture development with Hancock Prospecting has been pushed back.
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'.
Hancock Prospecting will take over some of Mineral Resources' negotiations in the $850 million Lockyer gas project, following the $1.1 billion deal between the companies.
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.
With “hematite” iron ore discoveries slowing to a trickle, billionaires and others are turning to the once-maligned poor cousin of the iron ore industry “magnetite” that comes with almost biblical scale.
Perth company Wright Prospecting has reported another massive profit as its low-key owners reap the benefits of an iron ore royalties deal negotiated more than 50 years ago.
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.
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.
The state's peak planning body has approved a $145 million gas plant at Gina Rinehart's Hancock Energy and John Poynton-chaired Strike Energy's West Erregulla project.
The Australian Energy Market Operator has given Strike Energy's proposed South Erregulla peaking power plant a leg up, granting it credits to contribute to the electricity grid in 2026.
Strike Energy chair John Poynton has committed to restoring value in the company's stock, after an abrupt sell-down triggered by exploration disappointment earlier this year.
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.
