Western Australia's resources industry has smashed another annual record, with weaker iron ore prices made up for by the state's flourishing lithium sector and soaring oil and gas prices.
Gina Rinehart's Hancock Agriculture has sold four cattle stations under its S Kidman & Co portfolio, which is shared with joint venture partner Chinese-owned CRED Pastoral.
Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has backed Catalyst Metal's $22 million placement to accelerate exploration activities in the Plutonic-Marymia gold belt, subject to an acquisition.
Rationalisation of WA's domestic gas sector has taken another step with Mineral Resources securing control of its joint venture partner Norwest Energy.
Hancock Prospecting may have secured the lead it needs to edge out Strike Energy in the fight for Warrego after Mineral Resources sold its stake in the target.
John Poynton-chaired Strike Energy says it will not improve its scrip offer currently before undecided Warrego Energy investors, with the course of the takeover attempt still hanging in the balance.
Hancock Prospecting has extended the acceptance period for its Warrego Energy bid by 10 days as it trumpets the support of another major shareholder in the target.
Kerry Stokes-backed Beach Energy has reported a drop of more than 10 per cent in its estimated Perth Basin gas reserves after undertaking a drilling campaign at Waitsia.
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Chris Ellison's Mineral Resources has said its 19.2 per cent stake in Warrego Energy is “strategic”, and claimed gas assets in the Perth Basin are now overpriced.
Chris Ellison-led Mineral Resources has increased its stake in Warrego Energy to 19.2 per cent boosting its capacity to determine the final outcome of the takeover battle.
Joint venture partners Strike Energy and Talon Energy's Walyering gas field development in the Perth Basin is one step closer to becoming operational after receiving its production license.
Warrego Energy bidders Hancock Prospecting and Strike Energy have traded blows over the takeover battle for the Perth Basin gas play after Strike's off-market bid opened.
The Norwest Energy board has recommended its shareholders reject Mineral Resources' takeover offer, claiming the $403 million bid was “opportunistically timed”.
UPDATED: Warrego Energy has taken the unusual step of publicly criticising the two bidders for the company while Mineral Resources has revealed a 16 per cent stake.
Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has launched what is effectively the seventh takeover bid for Warrego Energy in the space of two months, jacking up its offer price by 29 per cent.
Shares in Warrego Energy jumped late today on heavy trading with Chris Ellison's Mineral Resources believed to have joined the takeover battle for the Perth Basin gas play.
Senex Energy's $1 billion Atlas gas development has moved to the next stage of approvals as the company reconsiders expansion plans following major government intervention in gas markets.
Jordan Murray covers the latest from Hancock Prospecting's bid for Warrego Energy and fresh data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and CoreLogic.
Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has lifted its stake in Perth Basin gas play Warrego Energy to 25.9 per cent as a stand-off looms with rival bidder Strike Energy.
Hancock Energy has revealed a cohort of Warrego shareholders pledging to support Gina Rinehart's $342 million cash offer for the business, hitting back at a scrip bid from Strike Energy.
The board of ASX-listed oil and gas company Norwest Energy will wait until the new year to cast its verdict on Chris Ellison's offer for the business amid fierce competition for Perth Basin assets.
John Poynton-chaired Strike Energy has lobbed another scrip takeover proposal for joint venture partner Warrego Energy, countering a $342 million cash offer from Hancock Energy currently on the table.
The board is set for Gina Rinehart's Hancock Energy to take control of Perth Basin desirable Warrego Energy after Kerry Stokes-backed Beach Energy declined to match a $342 million cash offer.
Strike Energy has muscled back in amid the fight for ownership of its joint venture partner Warrego, lifting its stake in the target to 19.9 per cent to become its biggest shareholder.
White Cliff Minerals has polished off a high-resolution magnetic and radiometric survey at its Yinnetharra lithium and rare earths project about 100km northeast of Gascoyne Junction in WA. The operation is within earshot of several high-profile plays including Hastings Technology Metals' world-class Yangibana rare earths acreage and Arrow Minerals' emerging Reid Well prospect where rock chip sampling returned grades of up to 3.77 per cent lithium oxide.
Hancock Prospecting will take up a 10 per cent stake in Arafura Rare Earths via the ASX lister's latest capital raising and another show of diversity for the Rinehart investment wheelhouse.
Warrego Energy shares are continuing skyward as investors wait to see whether Stokes-backed Beach Energy will match rival bidder Gina Rinehart's $350 million cash offer for the Perth Basin developer.
Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has fallen short of last year's mega profit, posting a $5.8 billion bottom line for 2022 as it flags new growth and investment plans.
