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Atlas advancing new iron ore mine
At McPhee, the plan is to haul 10 million tonnes per annum to Roy Hill for processing. From there the ore will be transported to Port Hedland for shipping. Both Atlas Iron and Roy Hill are majority owned by Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting. CEO Group Projects at Hancock Prospecting Group Sanjiv ...
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Media Release | Atlas Iron Awards Contracts for McPhee Project
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Australia Day | CITY OF LIGHT EVENT AND BUILDING AN EXCEPTIONAL FUTURE
Celebrating Australia and women, as we remain committed to developing opportunities for women across our operation.
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Atlas delighted to support the Cow for Cancer project
Last year, Atlas was delighted to support the Cow for Cancer project, a partnership between Atlas contractor MGM Bulk Pty Ltd and Solaris Cancer Care to raise awareness and improve the quality of life for patients and their families going through cancer treatment.
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Welcoming 2023 with a bang!
Welcoming 2023 with a bang! Atlas was pleased to partner with the City of Perth to present the family friendly City of Lights show on New Years Eve, including an amazing fireworks display over Elizabeth Quay. This event was part of a series of City of Light Shows, which Atlas, Roy ...
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McGowan must fly flag for WA
Once again, just like it did during the global financial crisis, the dirt and rocks buried in the Big State provide a lucrative windfall that continues to make our economy the envy of the world. McGowan’s public purse is bursting at the seams thanks to our resources sector, a ...
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Rinehart rejigs Pilbara iron ore leadership team
Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has moved to shake up the leadership team behind its money-spinning iron ore interests in the Pilbara. The company said the restructure would form part of its push to significantly increase annual exports in coming years. “With planned growth in scale from 60 million tonnes to 100...
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Hancock shakes up iron ore leadership
The chief executives leading Atlas Iron and Roy Hill will be bumped up to new overarching roles within the broader Hancock Prospecting group as it moves on big growth plans for iron ore. Gina Rinehart’s private business announced today that two new roles would be created in light of ...
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Rinehart reloads in iron ore with sights set on 100m tonnes
Gina Rinehart has unveiled a major shake up in the running of Hancock Prospecting’s core iron ore businesses as it targets a boost in production to 100 million tonnes a year. The leadership re-set at Australia’s most successful private company comes as it looks to lift production at the ...
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Gina Rinehart’s big move to restructure leadership at Hancock Prospecting to grow Pilbara iron ore interests
Gina Rinehart has moved to shake up the leadership team behind her money-spinning iron ore interests in the Pilbara. Mrs Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting will reportedly install a single boss to oversee both her Roy Hill and Atlas Iron interests, with current Roy Hill chief executive Gerhard Veldsman to become ...
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Rinehart shakes up Hancock Prospecting’s iron ore leadership
The leadership reset at Australia’s most successful private company comes as it looks to lift production at the flagship Roy Hill mine, add new mines to the Atlas Iron operations and build export facilities at Port Hedland under a partnership agreement with Chris Ellison’s Mineral Resources. The changes ...
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Rinehart reaps $2.3b dividend from Roy Hill
Gina Rinehart’s flagship mining company Roy Hill Holdings will add another $2.31 billion to what is already Australia’s biggest fortune despite weaker iron ore prices impacting her flagship iron ore mine. Atlas Iron delivered a $225 million maiden dividend to Hancock Prospecting, the first since Mrs Rinehart prevailed in a ...
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Hancock warns of IR troubles
Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting says billions of dollars in future royalty and tax revenue for the WA economy would be in jeopardy if multi-employer bargaining codes are forced onto the mining sector. Hancock Prospecting chief executive Garry Korte said a six-week period of strike action at Port Hedland would ...
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An Iron Giant: Gina Rinehart
Sailing out across the turquoise waters of Port Hedland harbor aboard the Anangel Explorer, a vessel laden with the first shipment of iron ore from the US$10 billion Roy Hill Mine, is a moment that stands out of many milestones for mining magnate Gina Rinehart, the Executive Chair of Hancock ...
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Atlas pays inaugural dividend
Hancock Prospecting subsidiary Atlas Iron has paid a maiden dividend of $225 million despite posting a big fall in annual net profit from its iron ore mining operations. Production from the company's Mt Webber, Sanjiv Ridge and newly commissioned Miralga mines increased fractionally to 9.8 million tonnes for the year to June 2022. ...
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