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Rinehart in iron ore milestone as Forrest fights Ellison, sand miners

Article by Brad Thompson courtesy of the Australian Financial Review While Andrew Forrest and Chris Ellison squabble in the courts over an iron ore project, Gina Rinehart is quietly running ahead of schedule developing a new mine. The new mine is being developed by Atlas Iron, the company Mrs Rinehart’...

CRUSHED IT – FIRST ORE AT SANJIV RIDGE

Atlas Iron is pleased to announce that first ore has been crushed at its new mine, Sanjiv Ridge. Read more ...

Trade surplus reaches ‘historic’ $73bn in 2020 as iron ore sales boom

Australia’s trade surplus reached a record $73bn in 2020, propelled by surging iron ore sales and a slump in demand for imported goods through the COVID-19 crisis.

Happy Australia Day from all the team at Atlas Iron

Iron ore set to deliver $1.5b bonus

Article by Josh Zimmerman courtesy of the West Australian WA is on track to bank nearly $1.5 billion more in iron ore royalties than the McGowan Government predicted just weeks ago – a windfall that would nearly double the State’s forecast surplus to an incredible $3.7 billion. The steel-making commodity has so ...

Drilling deep for support

Article courtesy of Joondalup Times A MINING contractor has given one of its machines a pink makeover to raise funds for Breast Cancer Care WA. Ranger Drilling painted Drill Rig 5, which operates at Roy Hill, bright pink in its efforts to raise $50,000 for the charity by the end of January. ...

Happy Christmas from all at Atlas

Celebration.

Corunna Downs gets new name and Group Executive Chairman Christmas Visit

Images from this very happy event.

Gina Rinehart ushered into miners’ Hall of Fame

WA billionaire Gina Rinehart was last night inducted into the Australian Prospectors & Miners Hall of Fame in recognition of her contribution to the State’s resources sector.

Another honour for Mrs Gina Rinehart, Executive Chairman, HPPL, Roy Hill, S.Kidman & Co

Congratulations to Mrs Rinehart for her induction into the Australian Prospectors & Miners Hall of Fame. Tonight Mrs Gina Rinehart was inducted into the Australian Prospectors & Miners Hall of Fame at the Association of Mining & Exploration Companies’ (AMEC) annual awards dinner in Perth. Mrs Rinehart was inducted under the category of ...

Reflections on a lifetime in the mining sector | Why does Australia need mining?

Reflections on a lifetime in the mining sector Ron Manners AO I often remind people that the industry of mining exploration and production is the most creative industry in the world. We often forget this. It is true because you start by going out-back where there is nothing. The terrain ...

National Mining and Related Industries Day: Cut the Red and Green Tape

Article courtesy of ABN Newswire Sydney, Australia (ABN Newswire) – Australia’s richest woman has warned the nation’s vital resources and agriculture industries are being strangled by red and green tape, threatening the future viability of both. In a pre-recorded speech to commemorate National Mining Day today, Gina Rinehart emphasised ...

Newmont boss says rest of world copied Aussie miners on virus

Article by Brad Thompson courtesy of the Australian Financial Review The boss of the world’s biggest gold multinational credits Australian miners for keeping the domestic economy strong through COVID-19 and showing the rest of the world the way forward. Newmont president Tom Palmer said the protocols introduced by the ...

Rinehart urges government to cut red tape

Article by Salomae Haselgrove courtesy of Australian Mining

Rinehart roasts big-spending, high-taxing MPs

Article by Brad Thompson courtesy of the Australian Financial Review

Mrs Gina Rinehart’s Speech 2020

National Mining and Related Industries Day

‘Cut the red & green tape’

Article by Josh Zimmerman courtesy of the Sunday Times, Perth AUSTRALIA’S richest woman has warned the nation’s vital resources and agriculture industries are being strangled by red and green tape, threatening the future viability of both. In a pre-recorded speech to commemorate National Mining Day today, Gina Rinehart ...