Mark Wembridge
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 27, 2026
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Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting takes $680m loss on rare earths (opens the original)
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Gina Rinehart, Hancock Prospecting’s executive chairwoman, has made a $680 million loss in the past year on investments in companies mining rare earths that are crucial to the manufacture of defence and green technologies. Rinehart and her company have invested $4 billion in lithium, copper, rare earths and other critical minerals over the past few years, as western countries, in particular the United States, scour the globe to counter Chinese dominance in such investments. The newsletter headli
‘A lot of value to be created’: Elliott Investment on Northern Star (opens the original)
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Elliott Investment Management has hailed Northern Star’s refreshed board as evidence that the two can put months of public acrimony behind them and work constructively to improve the stuttering performance of the country’s largest gold miner and unlock more value for shareholders. Elliott, a United States-based activist hedge fund founded by Paul Singer, owns 6.24 per cent of Northern Star, and this month had two of its preferred directors appointed to the gold miner’s board: former Woodside Ene
RioTinto to expand into third-party metals trading (opens the original)
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Rio Tinto, the world’s second-biggest mining company, will branch into trading metals from other producers, having noted the value of selling third-party commodities during failed $300 billion merger negotiations with Swiss trading house Glencore. Rio confirmed it was focusing on growing the trade in alumina, as well as copper, to extract more value from its network of assets. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.
Bellevue Gold counts $200m cost from bad Macquarie hedges (opens the original)
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Bad hedging contracts cost Bellevue Gold almost $200 million in the past financial year, after the miner in 2021 locked in prices for its future production as part of a funding deal with Macquarie. While rivals have rewarded shareholders with bumper payouts flowing from the soaring price of gold, Bellevue has been obliged to sell much of its bullion at less than half the market price and has not paid a dividend. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.
Gina Rinehart becomes top shareholder in copper group, overtaking son (opens the original)
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Gina Rinehart, the nation’s richest person, has bought an $8.8 million stake in a Canada-focused copper company where her estranged son, John Hancock, is a director and major shareholder. The share placement is through Hancock Prospecting, one of Australia’s largest private companies, and will give Rinehart a 13.5 per cent holding in copper group White Cliff Minerals, where her son has held a board seat since mid-2025. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.
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