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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Luca Ittimani

Who is the rival family pitted against Gina Rinehart in a long-running court case – and is she still the richest person in Australia?

Gina Rinehart in hardhat in front of mound of iron ore
The Western Australian supreme court has ruled Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting owes hundreds of millions in royalties. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Gina Rinehart’s company will have to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to a rival business after securing the rights but losing some royalties on a major mine in a landmark court case.

The more than 15-year-long Western Australian supreme court case pitted the extended families of Rinehart’s father and his business partner against each other, while tying up mining company Rio Tinto and a string of others.

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