Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart and Rio Tinto told to pay mining royalties to rivals

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The supreme court has handed down its judgment in a case over mining royalties. Here’s what you need to know Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast 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...

By Luca Ittimani

Australia’s richest person ordered to share mining royalties after decade-long dispute

Gina Rinehart told to pay descendants of her late father’s business partner

By Stuti Mishra

Hancock Prospecting owes royalties on mines owned with Rio Tinto, court rules